“I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that I can go back to, so I can be a waitress, or I can be a teacher, and then go and work on my book.” WorldLittlesI CanBookCan DoTeacherOne ThingSkillsWaitress Author:Dana Spiotta
“There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don't get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren't we glad people are still doing it?” PeopleWorldStillsArtistGladWorthwhileGreat ArtGreat ArtistGreat Writers Author:Dana Spiotta
“Most human things are full of conflict and ambivalence, not ease and simplicity. The world has grown increasingly fundamentalist, and the parameters of discussion have become narrowed. People, when they're fearful, are vulnerable to certainty in rhetoric.” PeopleWorldHumansConflictSimplicityVulnerableCertaintyEaseDiscussionFearfulRhetoricFundamentalistParametersAmbivalence Author:Dana Spiotta
“I think most writers have to have a practice of writing. For me it is very early in the morning. I try to make it a separate world from the rest of my life.” ThinkingWorldWritingTryingPracticeMorning Author:Dana Spiotta
“I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.” WorldChallengesCreatingSentences Author:Dana Spiotta
“We exist because of suburbia. Suburbia is a freak’s dreamworld, a world of extra rooms upstairs and long, lazy afternoons with no interference. A place where you can listen to your LPs for hours on end. You can live in your room, your own rent-free corner of the universe, and create a world of pleasure and interest entirely centered on yourself and your interior aesthetic and logic.” WorldLongEndsUniverseInterestHoursPleasureRoomsLogicCornersExtrasLazyAfternoonFreakAestheticInteriorsInterferenceUpstairsYour RoomSuburbia Book:Eat the Document: A Novel Source: Eat the Document: A Novel
