When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten. Susan Minot More Quotes by Susan Minot More Quotes From Susan Minot After she was gone there would be no one who knew the whole of her life. She did not even know the whole of it! Perhaps she should have written some of it down...but really what would have been the point in that? Everything passed, she would too. This perspective offered her an unexpected clarity she nearly enjoyed, but even with this new clarity the world offered no more explanation for itself than it ever had. Susan Minot perspective should-have would-be There is no good reason. Don't waste your life waiting for good reasons...You'll wait and wait. Susan Minot waste reason waiting I would have fallen in love with you anywhere. Susan Minot fallen love-you Boy poison - a boy's kisses were like a poison, which infected you and after you were exposed you craved more, like an addict. Susan Minot kissing poison boys When I was younger, I suppose I was interested in checking out as much about writing as I could: bad, weird, irritating, even things not-to-my-taste. Now I am less open. I will decide after a few pages if I want to stay in the world of the book, and if I don't, I put it down. I have less time left. Susan Minot i-am time book world David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya's wildlife intimately, and it shows in the depth of his images. He has an artist's eye, which delivers beauty and transport in every picture. Susan Minot picture eye artist beauty The teenager's room is her cave. It is here she can meet herself, undistracted by the new hassles life is making for her. Here, she can reflect. Susan Minot meet she new life Recklessness is par for the course when you're 25. Susan Minot par course you When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the way they lived, the way they dressed. Maybe there is a part of me that is reserved, even in rebellion. Susan Minot see me friends way So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things. Susan Minot bad things-happen people world Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does. Susan Minot me you change success Preserving that privacy between a writer and the work is important. You have to shut out all those voices that have reacted to your work. Susan Minot you privacy important work Most fiction comes from your experience. Susan Minot your most experience fiction Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be as concise as possible and still getting across to the reader. When information is delivered in that way, it is very satisfying to me. Susan Minot better best me way A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a way, on their behalf. Susan Minot understand behave want way 'Monkeys' is made up of nine short stories that tell an overall story. 'Folly' is a series of vignettes all put together to tell a larger story. In 'Lust and Other Stories,' there are nine stories - three, three, three; the beginnings of love, the middles, and the afters. Susan Minot short story together love I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of my novel.' The thought that someone could think they'd write a whole long thing... I could only see twelve pages ahead. But then I realized that if you could see twelve more after that, you can start. Susan Minot you remember long school I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' Susan Minot thought college writing school When I travel, I always take my Winsor & Newton watercolor kit, which is the size of a pack of cigarettes when folded up. I bought my first one in the 1980s. It was handy to bring on trips, and I packed it into a leather pouch along with a couple of brushes, a pencil, an eraser and paper. Susan Minot pencil always size travel People can have a variety of concerns at the same time. Even those undergoing grave or traumatic experiences will acknowledge the need for lightness or even entertainment. Susan Minot will entertainment time people
