Dana Spiotta

There are lots of authentic, moving characters in so-called systems novels, just as there are certainly deep structural ideas in some character-driven…

— Dana Spiotta

I always think the novelist should go to the culture's dark places and poke around. Pose a lot of hard questions.

— Dana Spiotta

All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y.,…

— Dana Spiotta

I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative…

— Dana Spiotta

When I write characters, I need to hear their voice. As soon as I get them speaking, and I feel how they…

— Dana Spiotta

“I wondered if my life was going to be one immersion after another, a great march of shallow, unpopular popular culture infatuations…

— Dana Spiotta

The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement,…

— Dana Spiotta

I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.

— Dana Spiotta

The issue isn't, Am I good enough? No. The issue is, Do I not have any other choice? Will and desire don't…

— Dana Spiotta

I do want to write about social/cultural/historical context. I'm interested in relationships, in character, but within a specific social context. Which is…

— Dana Spiotta