“...he understood that real literature, like love, comes from a desire to be known.” LoveWritingLiteratureHealing Book:Grief Is for People Source: Grief Is for People
“Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers start talking about how characters are talking to them, and it's crazy, she's never had that. And I also thought, I'm never gonna be able to do this, because I didn't feel that for a really long time.” FeelsWritingTryingLongCharacterAbleFictionTalkingCrazyLong TimeOkayParisInterviewsReviewsFiction WritersReally Long Author:Sloane Crosley
“I have come to understand myself as more of a New York writer, or more of a woman writer, but I don't feel like that while I'm writing. But I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here.” ThinkingFeelsWritingGrowsGrowing UpNew YorkObjectsCallingNew Yorkers 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
“I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.” WritingTerribleWeekendVacationDeadline Author:Sloane Crosley
“Yes. I am writing full-time. Which is strange. It feels like not having a job.” FeelsWritingJobsStrange Author:Sloane Crosley
“I think the goal with any writing, but especially narrative nonfiction, is to put the blockade of putting your thoughts in this unnatural medium of print and then trying to reach through that and actually convey what's going on, what you think, and make people laugh and recognize themselves while doing it. Definitely the laughing thing.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingGoalLaughingMediumsNarrativePrintNonfictionUnnaturalMaking People LaughBlockadesWriting Nonfiction Author:Sloane Crosley
“I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the 'Village Voice' and asked me to turn it into an essay.” WritingTwoStoriesTurnsVoiceFictionOne DayVillageLockedApartmentBackwardsEssaysNon Fiction 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
“Some of the writers I admire who seem very, very funny and very emotional to me can develop a closeness with the reader without giving too much of themselves away. Lorrie Moore comes to mind, as does David Sedaris. When they write, the reader thinks that they're being trusted as a friend.” ThinkingGivingWritingMindDoeSeemsToo MuchEmotionalReaderAdmireTrustedClosenessBeing TrustedGiving Too Much 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
