“When I think of the wisest people I know, they share one defining trait: curiosity. They turn away from the minutiae of… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I try to remember that the job - as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy - of the artist is… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I often envy my friends who are visual artists. Visual artists have other things to work with. Other media. I envy my… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“For years we had the persistent sensation in our life and art - John Updike's phrase - that we were just beginning.” — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I've certainly faced some raw, real pain in my life. I lost my father to a car accident when I was young.… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“If we are artists- hell, whether or not we're artists- it is our job, our responsibility, perhaps even our sacred calling, to… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Think of a ballet dancer at the barre. Plie, eleve, battement tendu. She is practicing, because she knows that there is no… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“The writer’s life requires courage, patience, empathy, openness. It requires the ability to be alone with oneself. Gentle with oneself. To be disciplined, and… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I never troll for material. It simply presents itself, and is always unmistakable. This is why I want to roll my eyes when people… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
When I near the end of a book, it feels as if the entire universe meets me more than halfway and supports me. The… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Everything changes. The more I try to hold on to the moment, the more it slips through my fingers. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Oh, child! Somewhere inside you, your future has already unfurled like one of those coiled-up party streamers, once shiny, shaken loose, floating gracefully for… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
