Society isn't good at dealing with people who have something concrete to feel guilty about or who are dealing with a loss. Darin Strauss concretedealfeel Change image and share on social
I delivered Chinese food on Long island, which is pretty depressing. I lived with my parents and did that for six months. I got a job a few towns over from mine so I wouldn't have to see people from my high school. Darin Strauss chinesedeliverdepress share on social
I spent three and a half years writing the novel 'Chang & Eng,' about the conjoined brothers for whom the term 'Siamese twins' was contrived, and when I think of these afflicted people, my only emotion is one of profound sympathy. Darin Strauss afflictbrotherchang share on social
You can work really hard and well on something, and someone you respect might hate it; worse, they're not empirically wrong for doing so. This is scary, especially for people who haven't been published. Darin Strauss badlyempiricallyhard share on social
Too much contemporary fiction seems purposefully to address small things in small ways. And yet why not try for the all-inclusive, the gripping, for the audacious? Darin Strauss addressaudaciouscontemporary Change image and share on social
You get a bad review with a novel, and it hurts. But I imagine if you get a bad review with a memoir, it hurts more because you can always say, 'Well, they didn't like my characters,' but when you're the character, it's like, 'Oh, yeah, they actually didn't like me.' Darin Strauss badcharacterhurt share on social
A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players, policeman scribbling in pads and making radio calls, witnesses crimping their faces, EMS guys folding equipment. Darin Strauss actcallcrimp Change image and share on social
It's good training for a novelist to try to discern the truth about a place after only a few glimpses of it. Darin Strauss discernglimpsegood Change image and share on social
Constant rejection. No security. Career paths being dictated by freelance reviewers. And of course, the terror of the writing desk, of the blank page. Why is it so hard for our non-writer friends to understand this - that it's a job? Darin Strauss blankcareerconstant share on social
Faith is a private issue. At least, I consider it to be one. Darin Strauss faithissueprivate Change image and share on social
