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 ShapiroI think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state.
Dani Shapiro