Susan Minot
Susan Minot
Susan Minot /ˈmaɪnət/is an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 December 1956
CountryUnited States of America
kindness love-is honor
There are aspects of love that I once undervalued. Kindness. Having a sort of honor when love is on the table.
opposites people changed
She thought of how much people changed you. It was the opposite of what you always heard, that no one could change a person. It wasn't true. It was only through other people that one ever did change.
people choices despair
Hope is a terrible thing, she said. Is it? Yes, it keep you living in another place, a place which doesn't exist. For some people it's better than where they are. For many it's a relief. From life, she said. A relief from life? Is that living? Some people don't have a choice. No and that's awful for them. Hope is better than misery, he said. Or despair. Hope belongs in the same box as despair. Hope is not so bad, he said. At least despair has truth to it.
hassles life room
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.
family functions odd
The idea that there is a family somewhere who functions is an odd concept.
change success
Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does.
bad people
So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.
Recklessness is par for the course when you're 25.
preserving shut voices work
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.
adaptation chance experience gave parts
In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of 'Evening' gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book.
concerns consider less
I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones.
endlessly great
Families are endlessly fascinating. We all have one, and they have a great impact on who we are and what we do - Freudian as that is.
otherwise
When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten.
Our concerns aren't always appropriate or morally elevated.