Home / Quotes / Quote by Dani Shapiro

Quote by Dani Shapiro

“As a fiction writer, that's been a preoccupation of mine: Can you really just close the door and leave the past back there behind you, or is the door going to blow open at some point?”

Quote by Dani Shapiro

Author

Dani Shapiro is an acclaimed American author born on April 10, 1962. She is known for her works in the genres of fiction, essays, and memoirs, which are characterized by their profound emotional depth and delicate prose. more

You May Also Like

“I did want to feel like life's all of one piece.”

Want Feels Pieces One Piece

Author:Dani Shapiro

“You can definitely aid the message that you want to send to people by what scent you're wearing.”

People Want Messages Aids Scent

Author:Lara Stone

“I was doing a lot of yoga and learning to meditate, and I found that extremely helpful, and still do and hopefully always will.”

Stills Found Yoga Hopefully Helpful

Author:Dani Shapiro

“My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.”

Humans Social Human Beings Ability Effects Dramatic Grandmother Sanity My Grandmother One Direction

Author:James Earl Jones

“In London, I really like going to the Mandarin Oriental. They can even do my feet without tickling me.”

Feet London Tickling

Author:Lara Stone

“If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.”

People Ifs Grew Grew Up Complicated Hearing

Author:Dani Shapiro

“Occasionally I like to have facials but I do think they rub too much stuff on your face. I don't really like having my hair and makeup done because it's a work thing.”

Thinking Done Faces Stuff Too Much Hair Makeup Your Face Hair And Makeup

Author:Lara Stone

“When I started meditating, even doing yoga, I felt like it was hard to allow myself to develop any other kind of practice [outside of Judaism], like I was somehow being untrue to my heritage, and that was something I had to get over and was probably the greatest revelation to me.”

Kind Hard Felt Practice Yoga Revelations Heritage Get Over Judaism Meditating Untrue

Author:Dani Shapiro

“I'd like to be a bit less pale because I feel like I look sort of ill sometimes.”

Feels Looks Sometimes Bits Ill Pale

Author:Lara Stone

“I find it quite hard for me to pull off. It's so nice to have a tan and look healthy and glowing. I'd quite like to look like Karen Elson - she looks good pale. I feel like I look a bit washed out.”

Feels Looks Hard Bits Nice Healthy Pale Glowing

Author:Lara Stone