Recording a scene with paint rather than film sinks you more deeply into your surroundings. You have to look a little harder… — Susan Minot Cinema Copy Share Image
In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of 'Evening' gave me a chance to get into different parts of the… — Susan Minot Adaptation Copy Share Image
Boy poison - a boy's kisses were like a poison, which infected you and after you were exposed you craved more, like… — Susan Minot Addict Copy Share Image
I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and… — Susan Minot Africa Copy Share Image
'Monkeys' is made up of nine short stories that tell an overall story. 'Folly' is a series of vignettes all put together… — Susan Minot Beginnings Copy Share Image
“I learned that if you love a boy you are o longer free. The boy may become more important than your own… — Susan Minot Boys Copy Share Image
She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change… — Susan Minot Changed Copy Share Image
Longing, for everyone, is always there, isn't it? More intense at some times than others. You get closer to less longing -… — Susan Minot Again Copy Share Image
...it occurred to her how some people continued through no design of one's own to be in one's life while others might… — Susan Minot Change Copy Share Image
When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the… — Susan Minot Could Copy Share Image
“Unless you were high up in a building or happened to glimpse it at the end of one of the big avenues… — Susan Minot Nyc Copy Share Image
“I walk to think and not to think. When walking I remember things that are important to me. I walk to forget.… — Susan Minot Walk Copy Share Image
The word dysfunction has, I think, served its purpose and now has lost its meaning. Every family, like every person, is imperfect,… — Susan Minot Concepts Copy Share Image
Did people ever stop changing? They surprised you with fresh pain. Sometimes they surprised you with happiness, but the pain was the… — Susan Minot Change Copy Share Image
“All her life she'd listened to talk, life was full of talk. People said things, true and interesting things and ridiculous things.… — Susan Minot Language Copy Share Image
“So many things in this world were cracked and sad, and still a glowing showed through and moments came when everything was… — Susan Minot Heart beating Copy Share Image
I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones. — Susan Minot Any Copy Share Image
The teenager's room is her cave. It is here she can meet herself, undistracted by the new hassles life is making for… — Susan Minot Cave Copy Share Image
Writing chases after the senses, and conveys them in an altered form. When it is done well, the senses come alive in… — Susan Minot After Copy Share Image
There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons...You'll wait and wait. — Susan Minot Good reason Copy Share Image
There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table. — Susan Minot Aspect Copy Share Image
