Author: Dana Spiotta

Quotes

It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.

It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.

- Dana Spiotta

A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.

A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.

- Dana Spiotta

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

- Dana Spiotta

I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean' aunt.

I like to buy books for the kids in my family. I guess that's why they call me the 'mean' aunt.

- Dana Spiotta

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.

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

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.

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

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