We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
We can't protect ourselves from pain and heartache. In fact, to love - fully, madly, deeply - is the ensure heartache some… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can't protect our loved ones from pain and… — 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
Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom… — 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
