Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“She folds the pages of the books she reads when she wants to remember something important. Her favorite books are accordions, testaments… — Gary Shteyngart Books Copy Share Image
Vodka is a wonderful drink. You can drink so much of it without being as hung over as you would if you… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“The nesting doll of memory collapses into its component pieces, each leading someplace smaller and smaller [...]” — Gary Shteyngart Memory Copy Share Image
I have some memories of certain things that happened in high school when I was stoned out of my mind, but I… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“I gave him a photocopy of who I was, without telling him that I was unhappy and humiliated and often, just like… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy. — Gary Shteyngart Attention Copy Share Image
Every returning New Yorker asks the question: Is this still my city? I have a ready answer, cloaked in obstinate despair: It… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“a dessert made out of a dozen matzohs, a gallon of cream and amaretto liqueur, and a tub of raspberries. What I… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Do not throw away your heart. Keep your heart. Your heart is all that matters ... Throw away your ancestors! ... Throw… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
In contravention of my belief that any life ending in death is essentially pointless, I needed my friends to open up that… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I was a jackass in many ways. I projected that cruelty towards others, that kid whose hand I was wringing. If I… — Gary Shteyngart Cruelty Copy Share Image
“The situation was clear: They were two astronauts on a cold planet. He was, for his part, a gentle dissembler, a dodgy… — Gary Shteyngart Astronauts Copy Share Image
America should treasure its rare, true original voices and Mark Leyner is one of them. So treasure him already, you bastards! — Gary Shteyngart America Copy Share Image
I took an acting class with Louise Lasser, Woody Allen's first wife and co-star in many movies. I've done some other indie… — Gary Shteyngart Acting Copy Share Image
My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was… — Gary Shteyngart Disaster Copy Share Image
I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many… — Gary Shteyngart Age Copy Share Image
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