I have let half-decades elapse between books because books have to be writte and writing is awful, but if you are the… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Before I sat down and became a writer, before I began to do it habitually and for my living, there was a… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
If you don't have your experiences in the moment, if you gloss them over with jokes or zoom past them, you end… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Fantastic days are what you wish upon those who have so few sunrises left, those whose lungs are so lesion-spangled with new… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
Those weeks before diagnosis can be among the most torturous times. There is a reason you're called a patient once the plastic… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“The hiking boots the outdoor adventure magazine sent me to buy - large, ungainly potato like things that I have been trying to break… — david rakoff Copy Share Image
Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living a life that is good… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“We are disclosing animals, wired for unburdening. It's what we do as a species. When I am being told, I listen, mindful of the… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Details can change or go missing entirely, particularly in moments of physical peril. A kind of amnesia goes hand in hand with sickness, and… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living A life that is good… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“The central drama of my life is about being a fraud, alas. That's a complete lie, really; the central drama of my life is… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I will forever be grateful to my oncologist for opening the door and saying, 'Damn it, the tumor's 10 percent bigger,' before he even… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“It was nice to find out, then, that if one is characterologically incapable of not being a total fuckface, science has not shown you… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“One day reach idealization; after all, it's the journey, not the destination.” — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
