I was going to say that writing is about disclosure and acting is about obfuscation, but that's such a little lie. Both… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I aspire to write what are called 'familiar essays.' They begin in the personal and end in the universal. It's not for… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Well into adulthood, writing has never gotten easier. It still only ever begins badly, and there are no guarantees that this is… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I find writing extraordinarily difficult and not very pleasurable, though I find having done it very pleasurable. I won't lie about that. — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“I didn't always write for a living, and even back when it was my most fondly held dream to one day be… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Before I sat down and became a writer, before I began to do it habitually and for my living, there was a… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
It's rare that I'm not at work on some sort of craft project. I've often enthused about the need to make things;… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I have let half-decades elapse between books because books have to be writte and writing is awful, but if you are the… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“...hanging out does not make one an artist. A secondhand wardrobe does not make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper,… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious. Actual formal considerations… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“During the act of making something, I experience a kind of blissful absence of the self and a loss of time. When… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“The hiking boots the outdoor adventure magazine sent me to buy - large, ungainly potato like things that I have been trying to break… — david rakoff Copy Share
Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good… — David Rakoff Copy Share
“We are disclosing animals, wired for unburdening. It's what we do as a species. When I am being told, I listen, mindful of the… — David Rakoff Copy Share
“Details can change or go missing entirely, particularly in moments of physical peril. A kind of amnesia goes hand in hand with sickness, and… — David Rakoff Copy Share
“Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living A life that is good… — David Rakoff Copy Share
“The central drama of my life is about being a fraud, alas. That's a complete lie, really; the central drama of my life is… — David Rakoff Copy Share
The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and… — David Rakoff Copy Share
I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even… — David Rakoff Copy Share
“It was nice to find out, then, that if one is characterologically incapable of not being a total fuckface, science has not shown you… — David Rakoff Copy Share
People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times… — David Rakoff Copy Share
“One day reach idealization; after all, it's the journey, not the destination.” — David Rakoff Copy Share
“It was turning out to be an anxious Christmas season. Too many were the early mornings spent sitting at the table, insomniac in the… — David Rakoff Copy Share
“The best=laid plans, one's most fastidious contingency strategies have revealed themselves in the cold light of day to be laughably inadequate, no match for… — David Rakoff Copy Share
Unfortunately, there's no greater rhyme or reason as to why it would be me. And since there is no answer as to why me,… — David Rakoff Copy Share
