After my family leaves in the morning, I'll make my first coffee of the day and then I head upstairs to go… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“Sort pills. Write note to family. Fold blanket. I am alone. Alone in a dark, unfamiliar room filled with piles and piles… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
It's not gender-specific, but I do think it's women who tend to start having that sort of little whispering voice of "I… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet,… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Michael Lowenthal has written a big-hearted and wise book about familial love in all its richness and complexity. — 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
