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> [I feel like people who become writers are people who have been saved by books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-feel-like-people-who-become-writers-are-people-who-have-been-saved/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

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## More by Nathan Englander

> [I would drink gallons of coffee a day. Even now, off caffeine, I talk faster than anyone you've ever met. I finally recognized that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-would-drink-gallons-of-coffee-a-day-even-now-off-caffeine-i-talk/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [I know nobody believes in peace anymore, but what else is there to work toward? As the years have gone by, peace seems like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-know-nobody-believes-in-peace-anymore-but-what-else-is-there-to/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [“How terribly unfair that his whole self aches because of the shape of a shoulder, the soft line of a hip.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/how-terribly-unfair-that-his-whole-self-aches-because-of-the-shape-of/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [I feel very lucky that I have this career that allows me to say, 'I'm ready to start now on this project,' and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-feel-very-lucky-that-i-have-this-career-that-allows-me-to-say-i-m/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [“If Z had only known in his perfectly lovely two rooms in Paris what he'd come to know in his single 6x8 block somewhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/if-z-had-only-known-in-his-perfectly-lovely-two-rooms-in-paris-what/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [I always call myself either an optimistic pessimist or a pessimistic optimist - I'm not sure which way it goes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-always-call-myself-either-an-optimistic-pessimist-or-a-pessimistic/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [Empathy is what obsesses me. And watching empathy recede in the world is terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/empathy-is-what-obsesses-me-and-watching-empathy-recede-in-the-world/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [There's an Armed Forces Haggadah and an Alcoholics Anonymous Haggadah and an LGBT Haggadah. Some people make a new Haggadah every year. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/there-s-an-armed-forces-haggadah-and-an-alcoholics-anonymous-haggadah/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [Harder than waking from a nightmare was trying to wake herself into one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/harder-than-waking-from-a-nightmare-was-trying-to-wake-herself-into/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [When you see 'editor' on a book, there are many permutations of what that title can mean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/when-you-see-editor-on-a-book-there-are-many-permutations-of-what/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [So writing stories is not easier in comparison to the playwriting or translation; the stories are easier in league with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/so-writing-stories-is-not-easier-in-comparison-to-the-playwriting-or/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [The thing you start noticing as books go by, is that you become aware not only of a shape of a career, but of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/the-thing-you-start-noticing-as-books-go-by-is-that-you-become-aware/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [I feel like people who become writers are people who have been saved by books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-feel-like-people-who-become-writers-are-people-who-have-been-saved/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [I don't think it's the writer's job to give answers or to give opinions. In fact, when a writer has answers, I think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-don-t-think-it-s-the-writer-s-job-to-give-answers-or-to-give/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

> [I didn't sleep the night I finished 'Sister Hills.' It was so unsettling. I felt really wild. I didn't have a clue. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-didn-t-sleep-the-night-i-finished-sister-hills-it-was-so-unsettling/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

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