Dani Shapiro
Dani Shapiro
Daneile Joyce "Dani" Shapiro is the author of five novels and the best-selling memoirs Slow Motion and Devotion. She has also written for magazines such as The New Yorker, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and ELLE...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 April 1962
CountryUnited States of America
spiritual pain heartache
Part of my spiritual work is learning to live with the knowledge that we can't protect our loved ones from pain and heartache.
running haunting theme
I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.
kissing joy breathe
All there is to do, right at this very moment, is to breathe in, breathe out, and kiss the joy as it flies.
book support mind
When I near the end of a book, it feels as if the entire universe meets me more than halfway and supports me. The whole world seems to shimmer when I find the words. My mind quiets.
You can start your day over anytime.
important
Courage is more important than confidence
moments possibility divine
Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.
distance character able
It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters.
uplifting memories moving
With tremendous clarity and wisdom, Daniel Tomasulo has crafted a memoir at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Layers of time and memory—childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle age—are so beautifully revealed here, a trenchant reminder that our pasts are alive inside of us. There are psychologists who can write, and writers who can psychologize, but rarely have the two met on the page with such moving, profound results.
running home journey
In a creative journey, it is essential, no matter how far one runs, to examine that which is closest to home.
dream writing breathing
Writing well involves walking the path of most resistance. Sitting still, being patient, allowing the lunatic dream to take shape on the page, then the shaping, the pencil on the page, breathing, slowing down, being willing–no, more than willing, being wide open–to press the bruise until it blossoms.
moving hands pages
I'm most connected to myself when I'm alone in a room, moving my hand across a page. That's when I feel most like me.
letting-go monday believe
I don't know why this is, but I really believe that things don't happen when we're trying to will them into being. They don't happen when we're waiting for the phone to ring or the email to pop up in our inbox. They don't happen when we're gripping too tightly. They happen-if they happen at all-when we've fully let go of the results. And, perhaps, when we're ready.
sadness pockets stones
This sadness wasn't a huge part of me--I wasn't remotely depressed--but still, it was like a stone I carried in my pocket. I always knew it was there. [p. 179]