Shannon Celebi
18 quotes
"I’m sorry if...I get too personal, if I make you uncomfortable, but writing is like one of the seven deadly sins, like Sharing on Mr. Rogers, and once you get the bug you’re trapped in The Neighborhood of Make-Believe forever."
"We didn’t want to admit it then, but we were friends. Best friends."
"Writing is a solitary business. It’s just you and your characters and a blank page you need to fill."
"I long for some connection, to the real and those who love them, and hope that my fiction can reach beyond the veil, that I might touch someone and make them feel something…or something."
"Okay, I’ll just jump right out and say it. I have anxiety issues."
"Just five minutes, God, I chant like some hostage negotiator on the brink of a resolution. Five minutes alone. Please, please. Please."
"When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never."
"The bottom line was that I was in an abusive relationship."
"I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in that community. Because writing--and reading--is a solitary business. And it’s good to know I’m not alone."
"Just write. That's my only tip. And read. I guess that's two."
"Wine and a straitjacket. That pretty much sums it up."
"My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder who’s memories belong to whom."
"Mama wasn't dead...exactly. They all said she was, but when Elma was small, she seen Mama creep into her room at night, half-naked, head all bloodied red like when they found her by the well that day, and Elma reckoned dead just meant pretendin' you couldn't move or breathe until nightfall when you got up and walked around like you was free."
"Through career fumbles and life changes, she supported me. Through shattered dreams and hopes almost-realized, she supported me too."
"Sometimes, I feel my breath coming in shorter, quicker, spastic bursts, feel my heart threaten to thunder through my ribs, feel sweat beading on my brow...and I know it’s time to bust out those “chocolate frogs” from Harry Potter."
"Of course, I rationalize the fear. I realize it’s not real, that my house isn’t burning down, that the deer aren’t going to kill me."
"I could say it all began with my mother."
"Here’s a random factoid: I like cats. And here’s another: I like red wine."