“I thought of a high school report I did on the Belgian artist Rene Magritte and a quote I once read from him, something about his favorite walk being the one he took around his own bedroom. He said that he never understood the need for people to travel because all the poetry and perspective you're ever going to get you already posses. Anais Nin had the same idea. We see the world as we are. So if it's the same brain we bring with us every time we open our eyes, what's the difference if we're looking at an island cove or a pocket watch?” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsSaidIdeasEyeSchoolArtistDifferencesWalksBrainWatchesPerspectiveUnderstoodHigh SchoolIslandsReportsPocketsBedroomPosseBelgiansMagrittePocket WatchesSchool Reports Author:Sloane Crosley
“Because, ten-year-olds of the world, you shouldn't believe what your teachers tell you about the beauty and specialness and uniqueness of you. Or, believe it, little snowflake, but know it won't make a bit of difference until after puberty. It's Newton's lost law: anything that makes you unique later will get your chocolate milk stolen and your eye blackened as a kid. Won't it, Sebastian? Oh, yes, it will, my little Mandarin Chinese-learning, Poe-reciting, high-top-wearing friend. God bless you, wherever you are.” KnowsWorldYearsBelieveLittlesEyeKidsLawLostBitsDifferencesTeacherTenUniqueChineseChocolateBlessMilkUniquenessStolenNewtonGod BlessPubertySnowflakeWherever You AreRecitingGod Bless YouSpecialnessChocolate Milk Book:I Was Told There'd Be Cake Source: I Was Told There'd Be Cake
“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who know where their high school yearbook is and those who do not.” PeopleKnowsWorldKindTwoSchoolThis WorldHigh SchoolYearbookHigh School Yearbook Book:I Was Told There'd Be Cake Source: I Was Told There'd Be Cake
“Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons?” WorldWantTwoBuildingBedWasteBillsCookingHeavyWoodsMealsPairsFavourJumpingRopeMachineryUtilityLiftingArkPurchasing Author:Sloane Crosley
“I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.” WorldAmountGoodnessOkayWork Out Author:Sloane Crosley
“I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsWritingHardJobsFictionEssaysFull Time Jobs Author:Sloane Crosley
“The world I describe is about how people live now. It's not about zany people with unlimited, inexplicable funds in an apartment somewhere.” PeopleWorldFundApartmentUnlimitedInexplicable Author:Sloane Crosley
“I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it's the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you.” PeopleThinkingWorldUsedSoundWeekWorstTravelEatingMovedPhonesFlightWinnerNailsHaltPassengersBaggageMoved OnCerealLuggageReunitedCarouselsChalkboardsI Moved On Author:Sloane Crosley
“A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority, but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them.” ThinkingWorldWaySeemsAnimalExistenceDogCatStoresPetMinoritiesCelebrationExplosionsAnimal WorldHanukkah Author:Sloane Crosley
“In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a conversation with how the world receives your work, especially if you are writing narrative, not fiction. Sometimes it is an awkward conversation. It's like group therapy.” IfsWorldWritingEndsSometimesFictionCuttingGroupsNew YorkConversationCompetitionSilentEdgesNarrativeTherapyAwkwardCutting EdgeGroup Therapy Author:Sloane Crosley
“The hardest thing is spending twelve hours a day accommodating the rest of the world, then going home at night and criticizing it. I would be curious about what I'd write if I didn't have to worry about offending.” IfsWorldWritingHomeWould BeNightHoursWorrySpendingHardestCuriousCriticizeTwelveHardest ThingGoing HomeOffending Author:Sloane Crosley
“There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of a hotel, looking at the dials depicting every time zone in the world behind the front desk - except they all apply to you, and all at once.” WorldFeelsSometimesBehindsCareersFrontsStandingClockZoneHotelDesksBeing A WomanRefreshingTime ZonesBiological ClockFront Desk Author:Sloane Crosley
