Yes, I did try acting when I was in high school and I was terrible at it. So I definitely have had the experience of being bad at artistic endeavor. Dana Spiotta actartisticbad Change image and 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
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
I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean' aunt. Dana Spiotta auntbookbuy Change image and share on social
I have to say that movies have as much impact on me as music. And that I learned as much about narrative from movies as I did from reading novels, how to arrange stories, how to juxtapose things. Dana Spiotta arrangeimpactjuxtapose Change image and share on social
Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up. Dana Spiotta affectbingecorporate Change image and share on social
That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life. Dana Spiotta friendlifelisten Change image and 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
I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies. Dana Spiotta bodylanguagelive Change image and share on social
People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making something that you can sell in the marketplace, and if nobody wants to buy it, it must be crap. And that's not true. Dana Spiotta artbusybuy share on social
