Death Quote by Marisa Silver

Writing, for me, is always a dance between the critical part of my brain and the subconscious.

— Marisa Silver

“When Doris had died so long ago, it was weeks before Mary could think clearly and remember what she was supposed to do the…

— Marisa Silver

I guess I'm drawn to stories of people whose physicality puts them on the outside of things in order to explore the ways in…

— Marisa Silver

“Such arrogance. A right of youth, he supposes, a necessity. How else is it possible to face the terrifying void of your unformed self…

— Marisa Silver

But every age deserves its fashion and its forms, and no one can control what survives.

— Marisa Silver

I'm interested in endurance. People persist in the face of the most excruciating hardships.

— Marisa Silver

The story has to flow from an unstructured, felt place, but then I have to bring my analytical brain to bear on issues of…

— Marisa Silver

Things, very strange things, happen in folktales and there is never much attention given to the whys and wherefores.

— Marisa Silver

“What right did she have to take photographs of strangers? But she knew these faces…These people had been made to feel inadequate, abnormal. Their…

— Marisa Silver

Why did people try to shush trouble away as if it were an unruly child?

— Marisa Silver

“A picture doesn't bring someone to life. A picture is a death of the moment when the picture is taken. Whenever you look at…

— Marisa Silver

I never know where I'm headed when I'm working on a book.

— Marisa Silver