I think that when we're looking at things when we're right in the center of things, as opposed to being a bit unmoored from what's going on around us, we see things through a kind of dulling lens of convention,… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
“Whenever the wife wants to do drugs, she thinks about Sartre. One bad trip and then a giant lobster followed him around for the… — Jenny Offill Copy Share
The Buddhists say there are 121 states of consciousness. Of these, only three involve misery or suffering. Most of us spend our time moving… — Jenny Offill Copy Share
My plan was to never get married. I was going to be an art monster instead, — Jenny Offill Copy Share
The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out. — Jenny Offill Copy Share
I like to write from midnight to dawn with great stores of candy and Red Bull laid in... I'm not sure why I have… — Jenny Offill Copy Share
“Survival in space is a challenging endeavor. As the history of modern warfare suggests, people have generally proven themselves unable to live and work… — Jenny Offill Copy Share
I can be bolder on the page, as a character. I can gnash my teeth, I can scream and yell, in a way that… — Jenny Offill Copy Share
Also she signed away the right to self-destruct years ago. The fine print on the birth certificate, her friends call it. — Jenny Offill Copy Share
I felt like I could write about quiet, self-contained moments and also about those moments when the world rushes in again. — Jenny Offill Copy Share
I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my… — Jenny Offill Copy Share
