7 Quotes & Sayings By Steven Heighton

Steven Heighten is the bestselling author of four novels and a short story collection. His first novel, The Last Black Unicorn, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and was chosen as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His second novel, Ellis Island, was a National Book Award Finalist. In 2004 Steven's short story collection, Three Red Hooks, was published to critical acclaim Read more

In 2007 he published his debut novel, The Ivory House. In 2008 he published his second novel, The Red Hooks. In 2009 his third novel, At the Water's Edge was released.

In 2011 Steven published his fourth novel, Half Moon Road. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

Let failure be your workshop. See it for what is...
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Let failure be your workshop. See it for what is is: the world walking you through a tough but necessary semester, free of tuition. (from Workbook) Steven Heighton
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Interest is never enough. If it doesn't haunt you, you'll never write it well. What haunts and obsesses you may, with luck and labour, interest your readers. What merely interests you is sure to bore them. (from Workbook) Steven Heighton
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The idiot willingness to choose sides is what feeds the abattoir of history. Steven Heighton
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The dreamtime of creative work is a turnstile to eternity. (from Workbok) Steven Heighton
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We were made to get along, to be together, andit’s a truth that’s medically attested... Love and dance and connection strengthen every bodily system, while isolation, rage and sadness poison them with cortisol. Steven Heighton
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To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook) Steven Heighton