Dani Shapiro Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Dani Shapiro quotes and sayings page 3 (author). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 42 we have.
“Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it's certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word.”
“Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.”
“I used to act in television commercials when I was a kid and a young adult.”
“I'm an urban person who loves living in the country.”
“If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.”
“Music inspires me and puts me in the right mood, but to actually listen to it when I write - I find it gets in the way.”
“My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.”
“My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.”
“I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way.”
“When we reach reflexively for something to dull an ache inside of us, in that very moment of reaching, we are hiding from our pain. We're storing it away. Tamping it down.”
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