“Does it work with sandwiches? he asked. I didn't move. He handed it over. George was watching with a kind of neutral… — Aimee Bender Food-sensor Copy Share Image
There's a spectrum of those moments of connection and the moments we fail to connect, going from super-large successes to failures. Success… — Aimee Bender Bad Copy Share Image
I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so… — Aimee Bender About Copy Share Image
“My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope - make yourself a structure you can live inside.” — Aimee Bender Love Copy Share Image
One thing I don't want to feel is marketplace pressure, so I'm really glad I enjoy teaching because I can rely on… — Aimee Bender Because Copy Share Image
Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language. — Aimee Bender After Copy Share Image
“The sensor did not seem to be restricted to my mother's food, and there was so much to sort through, a torrent… — Aimee Bender Bread Copy Share Image
I peeled the skin off a grape in slippery little triangles, and I understood then that I would be undressing every item… — Aimee Bender Clothes Copy Share Image
It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in… — Aimee Bender Children Copy Share Image
“I started in our neighborhood, buying a pastrami burrito at Oki Dog and a deluxe gardenburger at Astro Burger and matzoh-ball soup… — Aimee Bender Chef Copy Share Image
“I loved my dish towel. This one was two-toned, and had, on one side, stitchings of fat purple roses on a lavender… — Aimee Bender Background Copy Share Image
…kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks. — Aimee Bender Caramel Copy Share Image
“And in it all, the sensation of shaking my fists at the sky, shaking my fists high up to the sky, because… — Aimee Bender Anger Copy Share Image
“He made a good salary but he did not flaunt it. He’d been raised in Chicago proper by a Lithuanian Jewish mother… — Aimee Bender Dignity Copy Share Image
“I felt her come by later, as I was dozing off. Her standing, by my bed. The depth of shadow of a… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
I write on a very strict 2-hour-a-day schedule, and I really respond to structure and invented rules. So even if I'm finding… — Aimee Bender Character Copy Share Image
“I loved my brother, but relying on him was like closing a hand around air.” — Aimee Bender Brother Copy Share Image
Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles I have had with novel writing, and… — Aimee Bender Bed Copy Share Image
“Sherrie would be there, and the last time I’d seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw… — Aimee Bender Food Copy Share Image
The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom. — Aimee Bender Bottom Copy Share Image
Many kids, it seemed, would find out that their parents were flawed, messed-up people later in life, and I didn't appreciate getting… — Aimee Bender Appreciate Copy Share Image
“You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think.” — Aimee Bender Advice Copy Share Image
There's a gift in your lap and it's beautifully wrapped and it's not your birthday. You feel wonderful, you feel like somebody… — Aimee Bender Alive Copy Share Image
