I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
A lot of readers have actually helped me, been really sweet to me... So maybe my cry for help has sometimes been… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Don't hold me to anything in the book. I'm a waffler. I like wafflers. They said John Kerry was a waffler, but… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
In fact, I have no hobbies. The only thing I like to do in life is to go to the Russian Baths… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I enjoy both TV writing and novel writing, and they are very similar. The goal is to entertain and amuse the audience,… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated,… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
After my first novel, my mother said to me, 'Why don't you make your writing more funny? You're so funny in person.'… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“I do think everyone would be a lot happier if we laid eggs on our own and could just have friendship and didn't need… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“Try to think about more important things,' he said. 'Think about your soul, your character. Think about the freezer. It's a solid block of… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
It's hard to leave New York: this is where my friends are, my parents are. It is so vital. The whole world seems to… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I'm one of those idiots who knows everything about health and is in a constant state of alarm, and yet I continue to… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I don't know that I've gotten much feedback directly from the literary world; sometimes I doubt even the notion that there is a literary… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
It was one of those days when every time I went to go out the door, something grabbed me in the back of the… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I wish we had a dog in the show so that I could get to be a dog for a day. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“I know I experience great consolation when my mouth is between a woman’s legs. I think it must be because I’m drinking in her… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I might have some sort of personality disorder. I might not have proper filters; it might be some kind of version of Asperger's meets… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
