In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I had always loved life on the road. It was just something that appealed to me very deeply. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“I would never blame anyone for wishing for something more from this life.” — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Does everything in this life begin and end with Judy Blume? Perhaps. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is a breezy, big-hearted treat, especially if you've ever wondered about the inner workings of… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“He was a fool to think he could have love twice in this life. Arrogance. He held her hand close his chest… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“And she was funny and beautiful and she liked the same books, the same music, and she wanted everything I did, was… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“But I get it; it's a way to mark time. When your life's too busy, it forces you to check in with… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“...if she had known just a few months before, during more innocent times, that she would feel that way for the rest… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“...and wasn't life full of layers and nuances, colored all kinds of shades of gray, and the way you felt about something… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“But I cry anyway because it was a path I could have taken and didn't. I cry for the lost idea, the… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“My love life since I moved to New York from Chicago has been like a desert. I've had tiny little interactions of… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to,… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
“And she was funny and beautiful and she liked the same books, the same music, and she wanted everything I did, was in the… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
“mostly I have found myself resisting their sadness when I have so much of my own.” — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you realize it's… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
Do you often find yourself uttering the phrase, 'I feel like I should go?' You do not need to go. You are busy that… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
“We listen to NPR for the first two hours on the road, the strange comfort of bad news reported in reasonable tones,” — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
I am not one of those people who string their exes along. Instead, I run and hide: under the covers, behind my computer screen,… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney's, for burgers and their French… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share
