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.
Dani ShapiroThere are books that a writer undertakes because she wants to go on a journey, and there are journeys a writer undertakes because she wants to write a book.
Dani ShapiroMy parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.
Dani ShapiroThereโs a great expression in Twelve Step programs: Act as if. Act as if youโre a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you might just create something beautiful, and by beautiful I mean something authentic and universal. Donโt wait for anybody to tell you itโs okay. Take that shimmer and show us our humanity. Thatโs your job.
Dani Shapiro