“Against the resistance of other minds, one's thoughts are pulled out of their comfortable shapes, and true thinking begins.” ThinkingHumansRelationshipsThoughtResistanceInteractionMindsBrains Book:The Vaster Wilds Source: The Vaster Wilds
“I try not to think too much or be too impatient, and let the back of my brain do its mysterious work.” ThinkingTryingBrainToo MuchMysteriousImpatient Author:Lauren Groff
“I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a life.” ThinkingStoriesSeemsNaturalShort StoryCanvasScope Author:Lauren Groff
“In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they're living for the length of a book inside another person.” ThinkingWritingPersonsBookFeelingsTermFictionTreasureLengthFiction Writers Author:Lauren Groff
“I think attempting to make art is a utopian process in itself, definitely. Nothing I do is ever equal to the ideas in my head. You do the best you can, you do it with patience and love, and then you give up. The moment you give up is when you know the book is done.” ThinkingGivingArtBookDoneMomentsEqualGiving UpArt IsUtopian Author:Lauren Groff
“I kept a lot of my thoughts inside myself. So, perhaps more than is normal, I'm always questioning my role as a writer. I'm always stopping and asking myself: Do I have the right to tell this story? Is it a story that deserves to be heard? And as for whether I think of myself as a Writer with a capital "W," I very much hope I never do.” ThinkingDeserveQuestioningMy Thoughts Author:Lauren Groff
“I think I'm an optimistic person. Ultimately I believe in people. I believe they can be robust. When my collection Delicate Edible Birds came out there were one or two people who read the title as being a commentary on the characters within the pages, the women in the book, meaning that they were these fragile girls meant for male consumption. But I had meant the opposite - these people are tough. Dark things happen to them but they get on with life as best they can.” PeopleThinkingBelieveBookCharacterGirlI BelieveDarkBirdToughThings HappenOptimisticDelicate Author:Lauren Groff
“As a person, I do ascribe to a lot of magical thinking myself.” ThinkingPersonsMagical Thinking Author:Lauren Groff
“Sometimes I read a biography of some tempestuous artist and find myself longing for fireworks! booze! bloody fights!; I do think that life must be so much more thrilling when you're actively miserable.” ThinkingSometimesArtistFightingLongingMiserableBloodyBiographiesThrillingBoozeFireworks Author:Lauren Groff
