Jami Attenberg Quotes

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• What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?
• The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is a breezy, big-hearted treat, especially if you've ever wondered about the inner workings of America's national treasures--neighborhood…
• And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment, the blocks, the…
• I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it.
• I don't pretend for a second that I'm that great of a person on a day-to-day basis. I'm a deeply flawed human.
• The very best parts of me go into my writing, it is the best version of myself, and I don't think it's hubristic to believe…
• Anything by Lorrie Moore speaks to a certain kind of person.
• I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate.
• I was fat because I lived in the Midwest in the 1970s, and everyone was a little fat then and only getting fatter.
• The best thing about the Web is the sound of all the individual voices rising.
• Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.
• Many online journals get the most hits of the day during the lunch hour.
• I have watched Occupy Wall Street mostly from the sidelines.
• When does an object become a symbol? All I know is you cannot force it.
• I am not one of those people who string their exes along. Instead, I run and hide: under the covers, behind my computer screen, on…
• It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that…
• What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood.
• I kind of want to be seen as an American writer, not just a New York writer.
• I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.
• I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

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