When I was writing my first novel, I smoked cigarettes. And when I think about what it was like to smoke, I… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
There are books that a writer undertakes because she wants to go on a journey, and there are journeys a writer undertakes… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer,… — 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… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Strange - I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I can tell you that the writing of a book, no matter how deeply, profoundly personal-if it is literature, if you have… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
This may be a little bit of a provocative thing to say, but the memoirist doesn't owe the reader anything other than… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“When writers who are just starting out ask me when it gets easier, my answer is never. It never gets easier. I… — 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… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Maggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle… — 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
