Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader. Dani Shapiro essayfavoritegravitate Change image and share on social
Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we notice everything. We mull and interpret. We store away clues, details that may be useful to us later. Dani Shapiro cluedetailglass share on social
Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand. Dani Shapiro duckfeinthand Change image and share on social
I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan. Dani Shapiro brooklyncityfelt Change image and share on social
There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode. Dani Shapiro dangerexplodefelt Change image and share on social
I was raised in an orthodox Jewish home where it was expected that, as a woman, I'd marry an investment banker, raise kids in the suburbs and go to temple. I wasn't raised to set the world on fire. Dani Shapiro bankerexpectfire Change image and share on social
I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not. Dani Shapiro childhoodcomplicatedeeply Change image and share on social
Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom in getting to know what's under there, the bedrock. Dani Shapiro bedrockbeneathendless Change image and share on social
When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling. Dani Shapiro feltfindnotebook Change image and share on social
I'm an urban person who loves living in the country. Dani Shapiro countrylivelove Change image and share on social
