Writing well involves walking the path of most resistance. Sitting still, being patient, allowing the lunatic dream to take shape on the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
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
Everything I know about life I learned from the daily practice of sitting down to write. — 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
It is in the thousands of days of trying, failing, sitting, thinking, resisting, dreaming, raveling, unraveling that we are at our most… — 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
