Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That's the kind of thing that turns… — Amy Hempel Cucumbers Copy Share Image
“A story happens when two equally appealing forces, or characters, or ideas try to occupy the same place at the same time,… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“It is such a pretty story, told to me by a Cuban woman I met in a bar at the beach. She… — Amy Hempel Dark eyes Copy Share Image
Journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one. You are trained to… — Amy Hempel Articles Copy Share Image
I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so… — Amy Hempel Accomplishment Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Linden was beautiful in spirit and in fact. Her wish, she told her daughter, was to be a beautiful woman and… — Amy Hempel Beautiful woman Copy Share Image
Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the… — Amy Hempel Bed Copy Share Image
“It comes back to the question, whom are you writing for? Who are the readers you want? Who are the people you… — Amy Hempel Books Copy Share Image
There’s so much I can’t read because I get so exasperated. Someone starts describing the character boarding the plane and pulling the… — Amy Hempel Babe Copy Share Image
The year I began to say vahz instead of vase, a man I barely knew nearly accidentally killed me. — Amy Hempel Inspirational Copy Share Image
“The psychic said I would have two children. This makes me shake my head. I know you are not supposed to leave… — Amy Hempel Children Copy Share Image
“I read about a famous mystery writer who worked for one week in a department store. One day she saw a woman… — Amy Hempel Writing Copy Share Image
The other day I was playing Scrabble. I saw that I could close the space in D-E- -Y. I had an N… — Amy Hempel Made Copy Share Image
Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We've read our Shakespeare. — Amy Hempel Concern Copy Share Image
I thought, my love is so good, why isn't it calling the same thing back. — Amy Hempel Calling Copy Share Image
As soon as I knew that I would be all right, I was sure that I was dead and didn't know it.… — Amy Hempel Death Copy Share Image
My job ... I do nothing, it pays nothing, but - you guessed it - it's better than nothing. — Amy Hempel Jobs Copy Share Image
What I think," Chatty says, "is that if a man loves a woman more than a woman loves a man, then they're… — Amy Hempel Men Copy Share Image
I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it.… — Amy Hempel Courses Copy Share Image
“And what about the certainty I feel regarding you? You could say that an hour is not a lot to go on.… — Amy Hempel Doubt Copy Share Image
I know that homes burn and that you should think what to save before they start to. Not because, in the heat… — Amy Hempel Bother Copy Share Image
