All Gary Shteyngart Quotes
- I'm the fortieth ugliest man in this bar. But so what! So what!... Isn't this how people used to fall in love? Bar
- If you read only one memoir by a disaffected, urban, 20-something Jewish girl this year, make it this one. Shukert rocks the lulav. Disaffected
- Satire always benefits when evil and stupidity collide. Always Benefits
- I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they’ve made me feel like a human being… Any
- She was clothed entirely in two large swatches of leather, the leather fake and shiny in a self-mocking way, absolutely correct for 1993, the first… Absolutely
- In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get to the plot,… Abstract
- A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [...] Any
- My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me. Ability
- We're people of the Orient. We know everything. And what we don't know, we can sense. Funny
- In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great. America
- You are not what you want. You are what wants you back. Inspirational
- Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there. American
- 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 you… Academy
- My parents were kind enough to spend hours talking to me. Hours
- I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens. Better
- I have some memories of certain things that happened in high school when I was stoned out of my mind, but I talked with other… Aggregated
- The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you're going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell's the point? Just do… All
- Vodka is a wonderful drink. You can drink so much of it without being as hung over as you would if you were drinking one… Appetizers
- Russia tried to introduce beer as kind of the new vodka - and it's working with younger people in major cities - but you can… Beer
- I was a jackass in many ways. I projected that cruelty towards others, that kid whose hand I was wringing. If I could have hurt… Cruelty