I often envy my friends who are visual artists. Visual artists have other things to work with. Other media. I envy my sculptor friends: they have hunks of matter. Marble. Wood. It's physical, which I find very appealing. What we have is nothing, is just glaringly blank.
Dani ShapiroWriting well involves walking the path of most resistance. Sitting still, being patient, allowing the lunatic dream to take shape on the page, then the shaping, the pencil on the page, breathing, slowing down, being willing–no, more than willing, being wide open–to press the bruise until it blossoms.
Dani ShapiroIt's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.
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 Shapiro