“Are you done eating that?" "What?" "You shouldn't finish that, Dad's gonna want some." "The hell he will." "He will." "It's so… — Jesse Andrews Eating Copy Share Image
You never say and do the things you wish you had said or done when someone close to you may not be… — Jesse Andrews Closure Copy Share Image
My first drafts are always terrible, and I hate them, but the process for me is all about writing the bad version… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
My tastes are pretty varied. For instance, I love Wilco. But it's considered dad rock. It's one of my favorite bands, and… — Jesse Andrews Dad Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I got to college and had a lot of my ego beaten out of me... That's when I started… — Jesse Andrews Books Copy Share Image
Everyone's got this hidden infinity that you only get glimpses of. They're always more complex than your conception of them will allow. — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
'Munmun' happened because the human world's dizzying inequality - of wealth and of power - had begun to send me over the… — Jesse Andrews Inequality Copy Share Image
If something is being written about a lot, there's a conversation there; there's a dialogue there. There's probably a reason for it… — Jesse Andrews Communication Copy Share Image
“I entered Excessive Modesty Mode. Nothing is stupider and more ineffective than Excessive Modesty Mode. It is a mode in which you… — Jesse Andrews Humility Copy Share Image
“Look, I was an idiot. I didn't want people to think that I had a crush, so I decided to give everyone… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
There's a certain trope in young adult fiction. A young girl gets cancer and becomes this radiant person who's a fountain of… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
'The Haters' has some of the generalities of band experiences that I've had - the camaraderie, the grubbiness, the outsized collective ambitions… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“It's like when a kitten tries to bite something to death. The kitten clearly has the cold-blooded murderous instinct of a predator,… — Jesse Andrews Cats Copy Share Image
I went to a really diverse and wonderful school in inner-city Pittsburgh, where all the various groups and types of people got… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
You show up at high school, there's all these kids you don't know, and you're terrified that people will have some kind… — Jesse Andrews High school Copy Share Image
I fought tooth and nail: I didn't want to learn Hebrew. My Bar Mitzvah came around, and I didn't want to read… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
