Writing 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 willingโno, more than willing, being wide openโto press the bruise until it blossoms.
Dani ShapiroIt's easier in an urban world to cast the blame outward. So I've learned a lot about my own process in that way.
Dani ShapiroI don't want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment away.
Dani ShapiroMaggie Shipstead takes hold of the reader and doesn't let go. Astonish Me is a haunting, powerful novel.
Dani ShapiroThe fact is that most husbands, regardless of religion - it's an old-fashioned gender divide where the husband wants to stay home and the wife is the one who drags herself and her children to whatever spiritual center they're going to.
Dani Shapiro