Sometimes immense things, like war and death and aging, are best seen from the corner of the eye and written of only obliquely, with tremendous lightness. Lauren Groff agingcornerdeath Change image and share on social
We're all functions of our societies, right? And we all become who we are because of the invisible forces that mold us. Lauren Groff forcefunctioninvisible Change image and share on social
Total intimacy is a myth; that said, a particular kind of loneliness can be both beautiful and fruitful. Lauren Groff beautifulfruitfulintimacy Change image and share on social
I love that he's both comic and tragic, and highly poetic but also just dirty at times. ... I love that within the world of Shakespeare's plays, the whole world is sort of encompassed in a certain way. Lauren Groff comicdirtyencompass share on social
I write everything out in longhand in one fast go. And then I throw out the first few and start over again. By the end of the first draft, the whole thing's messy and disgusting and horrible, but you really understand the foundational stuff. Lauren Groff disgustdraftend share on social
I am a person beset with fears, and one of my fears is that this thing that I will be writing for five years won't work. And the likelihood, of course, is that it won't - and that's fine. Lauren Groff besetfearfine Change image and share on social
We think of stories a lot of the time as being horizontal texts, beginning to end. But I love the idea of having little vertical spikes in the story, too. Lauren Groff beginendhorizontal Change image and share on social
I feel as if I've been so inured to failure, because I fail more than I succeed. As with any kind of fiction, I throw out so many pages; I get rejected so many times. Lauren Groff failfailurefeel Change image and share on social
I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older. Lauren Groff agebookchange Change image and share on social
There aren't very many good models of feminine rage - and the ones that we remember are ones where women take that anger internally and implode themselves in a real way, like Anna Karenina or Emma Bovary. Lauren Groff angerannabovary share on social
