American - Author | April 10, 1962 -
I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.
Dani Shapiro
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My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.
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There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.
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I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
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I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.
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How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.'
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