Myla Goldberg

The world started with God saying something, because language is powerful.

Myla Goldberg (born November 19, 1971) is an American novelist and musician.

Quotes

• I don't want to make photographs ... I want to make windows.
  • From Goldberg, Myla (16 April 2019). Feast Your Eyes: A Novel. Scribner. ISBN 978-1-5011-9786-4. , as quoted in Shapiro, Ari (April 25, 2019). "Real Photos Inspire A Fictional Life In 'Feast Your Eyes'". NPR. Retrieved on 26 April 2019. 
• I believe in the inherent power of language and letters and words. The world started with God saying something, because language is powerful.
  • As quoted in Burack, Emily (May 24, 2018). "10 Writers Capturing The Female American Jewish Experience". The Jewish Week. Retrieved on 26 April 2019. 
• I don't have any odd rituals -- no candles to light, no offerings to the Muse. I simply write Monday through Friday for between 6 and 8 hours like any other working stiff.
  • As quoted in Kramer, Melody Joy (November 14, 2006). "Myla Goldberg: Sorry, Muse, No Candles for You". NPR. Retrieved on 26 April 2019. 

Quotes about Myla Goldberg

• Myla Goldberg sets a steady hand upon her brow
  Myla Goldberg hangs a crooked foot all upside down
  It comes around it comes around
  It comes around it comes around
  Pretty hands do pretty things when pretty times arise
  Seraphim and seaweed swim where stick-limbed Myla lies
  • From "Song for Myla Goldberg" by The Decemberists, as quoted in Temple, Emily (March 26, 2012). "10 Great Musical Odes to Famous Writers". The Atlantic. Retrieved on 26 April 2019. 

See also

• Bee Season, a 2005 film based on Goldberg's 2000 novel by the same name

External links

• Official website
• Myla Goldberg at Random House.
• Myla Goldberg on IMDb