Writing a novel was like I had some Play-Doh to work with and could just keep working with it - doing a million drafts and things changing radically and characters appearing and disappearing and solving mysteries: Why is this thing here? Should I just take that away? And then realizing, no, that is there, in fact, because that is the key to this. I love that sort of detective work, keeping the faith alive until all the questions have been sleuthed out.
Miranda JulyThat's the artist's job, really: continually setting yourself free, and giving yourself new options and new ways of thinking about things.
Miranda JulyShe bludgeoned me with a look of such limitless compassion that I immediately began to cry.
Miranda JulyPeople tend to hold on to their first impressions - that's why those first descriptions can be so important. You don't even necessarily look at people that carefully after a while; you just hold on to that early impression.
Miranda July