“It's not easy to make friends when you're an adult writer outside of academia, especially when you work alone in a little room for twelve hours a day, and so I wrote toward what I most longed for.” LittlesEasyHoursRoomsAdultsTwelveAcademia Author:Lauren Groff
“Being a writer means I sit in a dark (and pretty dank) room off my garage for many hours a day, and in my wallowing moments I can feel as if I'm already on the outside of society, peering wistfully in.” IfsFeelsMeanI CanMomentsHoursDarkRoomsGarageWallowingDank Author:Lauren Groff
“Even the presence of my kids cannot, during those writing hours, disturb me. Unless there's a bone sticking out of their arm, I'm not interested.” WritingKidsHoursBonesNot Interested Author:Lauren Groff
“I'm a private person, a shy person. Sometimes, reading for eleven hours straight feels to me like the perfect way to spend a day.” SometimesReadingHoursPerfectShy Author:Lauren Groff
“I had a series of terrible jobs, whatever would allow me to write for four hours during the day. During that time I wrote three novels - all of which were extraordinarily poor. I decided after that to go and get my MFA.” WritingHoursPoorNovelTerrible Author:Lauren Groff
