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> [Before my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/before-my-first-novel-i-was-dating-a-woman-who-later-went-to-prison/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

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## More by Gary Shteyngart

> [“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/these-are-all-good-things-i-said-but-no-one-knows-where-your-country/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [Italy has sun and tomatoes, and Russia just has real problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/italy-has-sun-and-tomatoes-and-russia-just-has-real-problems/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/don-t-be-pretentious-is-my-first-advice-to-young-writers-this-is-the/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/i-read-real-books-on-paper-you-know-those-printed-books-i-feel-like/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [Russia tried to introduce beer as kind of the new vodka - and it's working with younger people in major cities - but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/russia-tried-to-introduce-beer-as-kind-of-the-new-vodka-and-it-s/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [“There's something outrageously simple about extending yourself toward a goal the way a plant seeks the sun's rays or a gopher the crunch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/there-s-something-outrageously-simple-about-extending-yourself-toward/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of another person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/silence-has-been-destroyed-but-also-the-idea-that-it-s-important-to/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [“This red-fading-into-brown defines Queens for me; it is quiet and melancholy and postsuccessful, vaguely British in its disposition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/this-red-fading-into-brown-defines-queens-for-me-it-is-quiet-and/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/if-i-still-lived-in-russia-i-d-be-dead-or-a-really-effective-oligarch/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [“The fact that my sexual awakening peripherally involves Steve Guttenberg I have gradually accepted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/the-fact-that-my-sexual-awakening-peripherally-involves-steve/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [“The simple trill of her laugh has not declined over the years; if anything it's been buffeted by her endless sorrows and disappointments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/the-simple-trill-of-her-laugh-has-not-declined-over-the-years-if/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [“We know summer is the height of of being alive. We don't believe in God or the prospect of an afterlife mostly, so we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/we-know-summer-is-the-height-of-of-being-alive-we-don-t-believe-in/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [“The novel was set in an unspecified near future, because setting a novel in the present in a time of unprecedented technological and social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/the-novel-was-set-in-an-unspecified-near-future-because-setting-a/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [One should learn from a book. Books have a lot to teach us. They have a lot of empathy to impart to us, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/one-should-learn-from-a-book-books-have-a-lot-to-teach-us-they-have-a/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

> [I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/i-always-think-that-good-writers-should-be-growing-up-on-the-brink-of/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

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