It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money. Dana Spiotta earninterruptlong Change image and share on social
Although a great restaurant experience must include great food, a bad restaurant experience can be achieved through bad service alone. Ideally, service is invisible. You notice it only when something goes wrong. Dana Spiotta achievebadexperience share on social
I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources. Dana Spiotta ageartartist share on social
Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much. Dana Spiotta artistaudiencecost Change image and share on social
My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people. Dana Spiotta basementchefcook share on social
Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional. Dana Spiotta associativeconveydisorder share on social
The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher. Dana Spiotta americangridhigh share on social
The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer. Dana Spiotta bookconcentrationengagement Change image and share on social
Your memories from your early childhood seem to have such purchase on your emotions. They are so concrete. Dana Spiotta childhoodconcreteearly Change image and share on social
I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences. Dana Spiotta challengecreatesentence Change image and share on social
