Elizabeth Rosen
ORP: What inspired you to begin writing or creating? Has that source of inspiration changed throughout your life?
Elizabeth Rosen: I suspect that I wanted to do what other writers had done for me when I was a voracious reader as a kid: that is, keep me company when I was lonely, keep me enthralled when I was bored, give me some excitement when life was mundane, and teach me about the world.
ORP: What does success as a writer or artist mean to you?
ER: There's really nothing that compares to a reader telling me that a story I wrote moved them.
ORP: Does writing or creating energize or exhaust you? What aspects of your artistic process would you consider the most challenging or rewarding?
ER: One of my favorite things about writing is how they are like constructing and putting together a puzzle. Nailing an ending is like slotting the final piece into a 1500-piece puzzle. There is the most satisfying and almost tactile <click> when it happens.
ORP: What books have you read many times?
ER: Helen DeWitt's The Last Samurai.
ORP: How does writing/art influence your worldview, and how does your worldview shape your writing/art?
ER: In general, I don't think my writing influences my worldview or vice versa. I just think that it makes being part of the world more bearable and delightful.
