“Nothing is more fortifying than learning that you have a real reader, a reader who truly responds both accurately and actively. It gives you courage, and you feel, I can crawl out on the branch a little further. It’s going to hold.” GivingFeelsLittlesI CanRealReaderBranches Author:Deborah Eisenberg
“I’m a bit of an expert on anger, having suffered from it all through my youth, when I was both brunt and font. It’s certainly the most miserable state to be in but it’s also tremendously gratifying, really—rage feels justified. And it’s an excellent substitute for action. Why would you want to sacrifice rage to go about the long, difficult, dreary business of making something more tolerable?” WantFeelsLongStatesActionBitsDifficultSacrificeYouthRageMiserableExcellentExpertsSubstitutesJustifiedDrearyTolerableFonts Author:Deborah Eisenberg
“You write something and there’s no reality to it. You can’t inject it with any kind of reality. You have to be patient and keep going, and then, one day, you can feel something signaling to you from the innermost recesses. Like a little person trapped under the rubble of an earthquake. And very, very, very slowly you find your way toward the little bit of living impulse.” WayFeelsWritingKindLittlesPersonsRealityBitsOne DayLittle BitPatientImpulseKeep GoingTrappedBe PatientEarthquakesRecessRubble Author:Deborah Eisenberg
