The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I have certain rules that I've established for myself that took a while post-day job to figure out. Everyone says people who… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I don't understand how you can be a decent writer and not know people. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I have come to understand myself as more of a New York writer, or more of a woman writer, but I don't… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Yes. I am writing full-time. Which is strange. It feels like not having a job. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
The hardest thing is spending twelve hours a day accommodating the rest of the world, then going home at night and criticizing… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Being a writer is an endless study in human transition and lessons learned or forgotten or misapplied. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Names I am most commonly called by telemarketers: Simone, Slain, Siobhan, Flo, Stacey, Susan, Slater, Leanne, and Slow (Yes, my parents named me "Slow".… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure how the ponies happened, though I have an inkling: “Can I get you anything?” I’ll say, getting up from a dinner… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“If I could just get my partner to see me how she used to - to fall in love with me all over again… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I don't really think of my essays as being about myself. I know it sounds insane, but I just don't think of them as… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
It takes a level of creative depression to hear 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and weep. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to live in Berlin. It's bombed out and there's a lot of techno. — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled,… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Shortly after this exchange my roommate suggested we start throwing water balloons at the construction workers. Not really at them because, I know, I… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
When it seems impossible that a deep connection with another person could just go away instead of changing form. It seems impossible that you… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Because I am a horrible flincher, contact lenses are not an option. I'm always envious of contact-wearers. There are endless reasons to take off… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
