You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“I can tell you something remarkable about that time, although it has only just occurred to me now. I never thought about… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
“I kiss him and he kisses me and we laugh and we are close and I believe so deeply in that moment… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
My parents are still married. They don't weigh 350 pounds; they go to the gym all the time. — 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
“I’ll admit that each time I’ve seen her I’ve spilled my guts and felt cleansed. Then I become convinced I never need… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
In the past, I was sometimes put in this women's lit category, and I was never really sure that was the appropriate… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“mostly I have found myself resisting their sadness when I have so much of my own.” — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
