“In a creative journey, it is essential, no matter how far one runs, to examine that which is closest to home.” MatterHomeRunningCreativeJourneyEssentialsClosest Author:Dani Shapiro
“If I dismiss the ordinary—waiting for the special, the extreme, the extraordinary to happen - I may just miss my life.” IfsMayHappensWaitingSpecialMissingOrdinaryExtraordinaryExtremes Author:Dani Shapiro
“If you are a writer or any kind of artist, if you change something as fundamental as where you live - the way you live - then I think you change the very instrument that is trying to make the art” IfsThinkingWayTryingKindArtArtistFundamentalsInstrumentsWhere You Live Author:Dani Shapiro
“With tremendous clarity and wisdom, Daniel Tomasulo has crafted a memoir at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Layers of time and memory—childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle age—are so beautifully revealed here, a trenchant reminder that our pasts are alive inside of us. There are psychologists who can write, and writers who can psychologize, but rarely have the two met on the page with such moving, profound results.” WritingTwoAgePastMovingMemoriesResultsAliveChildhoodMiddleMetsPagesProfoundMemoirClarityUpliftingLayersAdulthoodAdolescenceOur PastRemindersMiddle AgesPsychologistHeartbreaking Author:Dani Shapiro
“It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters.” CharacterStoriesAbleTurnsDistanceObservation Author:Dani Shapiro
“Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.” MomentsGivenPossibilityDivine Author:Dani Shapiro
“It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with advanced degrees in Classics and in possession of excellent manners, can disappoint you as profoundly as anyone else.” PeopleLessonsDegreesPossessionMannersExcellentDietsFedsDisappointHigh Places Book:My Latest Grievance Source: My Latest Grievance
“I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.” SchoolGirlCommunityTeamBasketballHigh SchoolShotsBallsLaysStealingHebrewBasketball TeamSpecialtyRovingCommunity Centers Author:Elinor Lipman