Writing has been my window-flung wide open to this magnificent, chaotic existence-my way of interpreting everything within my grasp. Dani Shapiro More Quotes by Dani Shapiro More Quotes From Dani Shapiro I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder. Dani Shapiro me sunlight sitting father Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom in getting to know what's under there, the bedrock. Dani Shapiro random thoughts freedom pain I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan. Dani Shapiro live city think life I was raised in an orthodox Jewish home where it was expected that, as a woman, I'd marry an investment banker, raise kids in the suburbs and go to temple. I wasn't raised to set the world on fire. Dani Shapiro woman fire home world I'm a full-time writer, which means I have the entire day to get my work done. But that can also be bad, because that means I have the entire day to get in my way. Dani Shapiro day bad work way With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again. Dani Shapiro start you time book When it comes to the personal essays I write, I just convince myself that no one will ever read them. Dani Shapiro personal will just myself
