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
How terrible to be alcoholic. You just want to quietly soothe and maybe poison yourself, but you end up poisoning those around… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Maybe my work isn't a cry for help. It may just be a baby's need to cry or a dog's need to… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Now, all writing - all the arts - are a form of 'Pay attention to me,' but there's also the flip side.… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Some ego is involved because I guess one wants to be perceived as a good clown and one puts one's name on… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
A lot of writers, probably because they're sensitive, which makes them want to be writers, have fears about their masculinity, so they… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
The reason it's hard for me to tweet is I don't want to pronounce anything, and Twitter is for pronouncing. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private. — 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
