Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write. Deborah Eisenberg changefactofelt Change image and share on social
We're all walking around trying to deal with a certain amount of shame, to repress it. And we restrict our mental lives to smaller and smaller areas. Deborah Eisenberg amountareadeal Change image and share on social
It's certainly possible to write fiction that isn't trivial and isn't what people would call political, but it is very hard to figure out how, because our ordinary lives have such a strong tincture now of the whole world. Deborah Eisenberg callfictionfigure share on social
I had written a story. I wrote the story out of some desperation, really, and I didn't know I was writing a story, and it took me years. And when I finished, a friend of mine had the idea that the story should be read as a monologue in a theater. Deborah Eisenberg desperationfinishfriend share on social
I'm a bit of an expert on anger, having suffered from it all through my youth, when I was both brunt and font. It's certainly the most miserable state to be in but it's also tremendously gratifying, really - rage feels justified. Deborah Eisenberg angerbitebrunt share on social
It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily. Deborah Eisenberg americancomplicatedefine Change image and share on social
It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it. Deborah Eisenberg barrelbernardearly Change image and share on social
To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form. Deborah Eisenberg artfictionform Change image and share on social
I happen to be a 64-year-old woman who lives in Manhattan, so on and so forth, but am I the sum total of my sort of bodily coordinates? Well, of course not. Deborah Eisenberg bodilycoordinatehappen Change image and share on social
For someone whose goal in life was to stay unemployed, I can't imagine what I thought was going to happen. I was so terrified of everything, I just thought I'd curl up in the gutter and die, and by a complete mistake, my life turned out to be absolutely wonderful. Deborah Eisenberg absolutelycompletecurl share on social
