“I had my own bed. I slept in it alone, except for those times when we needed—not sex—but sex was how we… — Amy Hempel Love Copy Share Image
I would like to go for a ride with you, have you take me to stand before a river in the dark… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“You will stand in line for snacks behind good clothes on bad bodies, behind the man who is so drunk he has… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
All those years on the psychiatrist's couch and suddenly the couch is moving. Good God, she is on that couch when the… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“The women advised long walks. They told the wife to watch the sun rise and set, to look for solace in the… — Amy Hempel Long walks Copy Share Image
“A famous artist is approached by a student. "You don't remember me," the student says correctly, "but years ago you said something… — Amy Hempel Art 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 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
I probably have less revision than those who have that wonderful rush of story to tell - you know, I can't wait… — Amy Hempel Copy Share Image
“Before I took to the road, a friend tried to get me to go to a department store with him. He said… — Amy Hempel Friendship Copy Share Image
I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea… — Amy Hempel Fiction Copy Share Image
