People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making something that you can sell in the marketplace, and if nobody wants to buy it, it must be crap. And that's not true.
Dana SpiottaI always think the novelist should go to the culture's dark places and poke around. Pose a lot of hard questions.
Dana SpiottaYour memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete.
Dana Spiotta