In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of 'Evening' gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book. — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
Writing an adaptation is not so much a collaboration as it is a series of steps. You're basically creating a blueprint for something else. — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the trivial, that… — Susan Minot Copy Share
After the briskness of loving, loving stops. And you roll over with death stretched out alongside you like a feather boa, or a snake,… — Susan Minot Copy Share
A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a… — Susan Minot Copy Share
So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things. — Susan Minot Copy Share
“He had made his decision. Later in life Ann would learn that when certain men made decisions no matter how much it might torture… — Susan Minot Copy Share
Change and renewal are themes in life, arent they? We keep growing throughout life. — Susan Minot Copy Share
“The past was speaking . . . what was the difference now? She had the feeling she'd walked into a house she thought she… — Susan Minot Copy Share
Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams. — Susan Minot Copy Share
When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when folded up.… — Susan Minot Copy Share
When a person you love moves by you with flat eyes that will not see you, it is a shock to believe it. — Susan Minot Copy Share
I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of my novel.'… — Susan Minot Copy Share
“Where were you all this time? she said. Where have you been? I guess far away. Yes you were. Too far away. They sat… — Susan Minot Copy Share
“She was pulling a rope out of the water and knew it was coming to the end when the barnacles started to appear and… — Susan Minot Copy Share
...[She] felt as if she were both a stranger to herself and more herself than she'd ever been. — Susan Minot Copy Share
