Sloane Crosley Quotes About Writing

• I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the 'Village Voice' and asked me to turn it into an essay.

  Sloane Crosley

  Writing, Two, Voice

  "Book Talk: Sloane Crosley hits brothels and clowns in new essays". Interview with Belinda Goldsmith, www.reuters.com. June 23, 2010.

• Lo más duro es pasarse doce horas al día acomodándose al resto del mundo, y luego volver a casa por la noche y criticarlo. Tendría curiosidad por saber qué escribiría si no tuviera que preocuparme por ofender.

  Sloane Crosley

  Home, Writing, Night

• In New York and L.A., there is sort of that silent competition to be on the cutting edge of something. You end up having a conversation with how the world receives your work, especially if you are writing narrative, not fiction. Sometimes it is an awkward conversation. It's like group therapy.

  Sloane Crosley

  New York, Writing, Cutting

  "Sloane Crosley Adjusts To The Writerly Life". Interview with Shane Ferro, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 22, 2011.

• Algunos de los escritores que admiro y que me parecen muy, muy divertidos y muy emotivos pueden desarrollar una cercanía con el lector sin revelar demasiado de sí mismos. Me vienen a la mente Lorrie Moore y David Sedaris. Cuando escriben, el lector piensa que se está confiando en ellos como en un amigo.

  Sloane Crosley

  Escribir, Emocionar, Pensar

• I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world.

  Sloane Crosley

  Trabajo, Escribir, Pensar

• Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers start talking about how characters are talking to them, and it's crazy, she's never had that. And I also thought, I'm never gonna be able to do this, because I didn't feel that for a really long time.

  Sloane Crosley

  Crazy, Character, Writing

  "Sloane Crosley Talks About Writing Her First Novel, The Clasp". Interview with A.M. Homes, www.vulture.com. May 31, 2015.

• I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.

  Sloane Crosley

  Writing, Weekend, Vacation

• I have come to understand myself as more of a New York writer, or more of a woman writer, but I don't feel like that while I'm writing. But I think that most New Yorkers would object to calling me a New Yorker. I didn't grow up here.

  Sloane Crosley

  New York, Growing Up, Writing

  "Sloane Crosley Adjusts to the Writerly Life". Interview with Shane Ferro, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 22, 2011.

• Yes. I am writing full-time. Which is strange. It feels like not having a job.

  Sloane Crosley

  Jobs, Writing, Strange

  "Sloane Crosley Adjusts to the Writerly Life". Interview with Shane Ferro, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 22, 2011.

• Creo que el objetivo con cualquier escritura, pero especialmente con la no ficción narrativa, es poner el bloqueo de poner tus pensamientos en este medio antinatural de la impresión y luego tratar de llegar a través de eso y realmente transmitir lo que está pasando, lo que piensas, y hacer que la gente se ría y se reconozca mientras lo hace. Definitivamente, lo de reírse.

  Sloane Crosley

  Escribir, Pensar, Personas

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