[The director's idea for the film was:] A young American or English girl goes to Tuscany to visit English expatriates. She is… — Susan Minot Accomplished Copy Share Image
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because… — Susan Minot Back Copy Share Image
Between children and parents, there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people. — Susan Minot Between Copy Share Image
Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be… — Susan Minot Across 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
“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
'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
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
Change and renewal are themes in life, aren't they? We keep growing throughout life. — Susan Minot Change 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 Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
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
“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
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
I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones. — Susan Minot Any Copy Share Image
Off the packed trail we experience the miracle of corn snow, skiing atop the crust, like skiing on an eggshell that has… — Susan Minot Corn 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
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
Did people ever stop changing? They surprised you with fresh pain. Sometimes they surprised you with happiness, but the pain was the… — Susan Minot Happiness 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
There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons...You'll wait and wait. — Susan Minot Life Copy Share Image
When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten. — Susan Minot Back Copy Share Image
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