All Jami Attenberg Quotes
- What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine? Book
- 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… America
- 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… All
- I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it. Able
- 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. Bases
- 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… Believe
- Anything by Lorrie Moore speaks to a certain kind of person. Certain
- I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate. Ate
- I was fat because I lived in the Midwest in the 1970s, and everyone was a little fat then and only getting fatter. Everyone
- The best thing about the Web is the sound of all the individual voices rising. All
- Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one. Act
- Many online journals get the most hits of the day during the lunch hour. Day
- I have watched Occupy Wall Street mostly from the sidelines. From
- When does an object become a symbol? All I know is you cannot force it. All
- 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… Along
- 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… All
- What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood. Character
- I kind of want to be seen as an American writer, not just a New York writer. American
- I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers. Almost Like
- I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification. Bigger
- With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment. All
- No offense to Bushwick, where all my neighbors greeted me on the street and there is a growing arts community and a curious beauty to… Agents
- For years I drove cross-country, back and forth a dozen times, sometimes on book tour, sometimes just to get lost and found. Book
- Sadly, e-mail has triggered the decline of the handwritten note; I have seen its near-disappearance in my lifetime. Decline
- Why e-mail a full emotional statement when, instead, you can text a totally insignificant and ambiguous half-considered phrase? Ambiguous