There are certain writers I can't read when I'm trying to write because their voices are so distinct. Cormac McCarthy, he's the most different writer…

- Molly Antopol

There's something interesting about being really intimate and familiar with Israel, but still being American - that really thin piece of glass betwee…

- Molly Antopol

I've always loved short stories. Even before I was a writer I was reading short stories - there were certain writers where I just felt like they coul…

- Molly Antopol

I always tell my students to write the story all the way through, not to play with the language and fall in love with sentences that you then have to…

- Molly Antopol

Years ago I read an interview with Paula Fox in which she said that in writing, truth is just as important as story. Reading that interview was the f…

- Molly Antopol

I'm not Israeli and because I'm not a citizen, it doesn't matter how often I go there - I'm still not Israeli. There's this way I feel so close to so…

- Molly Antopol

The stories I love the most are where the author has a lot of empathy for everyone. The author loves their characters and takes their situations real…

- Molly Antopol

People are going to bash you. You get rejected. It's hard. I don't really feel like that's my place as the teacher. I think the most important thing …

- Molly Antopol

With the Holocaust - I wonder if a lot of Jewish writers of my generation have felt this way - it feels really intimidating to approach it. I feel li…

- Molly Antopol