When you work at home, fellow alums, discipline is the supreme virtue. Suicidal self-loathing lurks behind every coffee break. Activities must be… — Sam Lipsyte Activity Copy Share Image
You think you know yourself, the world. You believe you've got a bead on everybody else's bullshit, but what about your own? — Sam Lipsyte Beads Copy Share Image
“Our friendship, for example, and how quickly we passed through each other, from fascinated strangers to loyal chums to relics of each… — Sam Lipsyte Brotherhood Copy Share Image
I'd become one of those mistakes you sometimes find in an office, a not unpleasant but mostly unproductive presence bobbing along on… — Sam Lipsyte Energy Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow she’d look up tattoo removal. They were doing big things with lasers now. When Cal was just a little more stable,… — Sam Lipsyte Big things Copy Share Image
“I looked for Gary in all of the Gary places, but I was too early. These places were all haunted by the… — Sam Lipsyte Time Copy Share Image
Dept. of Speculation is gorgeous, funny, a profound and profoundly moving work of art. Jenny Offill is a master of form and… — Sam Lipsyte Art Copy Share Image
“The Rough Beast snorted. “You don’t get it at all, buddy. It’s not about wrestling. It’s about stories. We’re storytellers.” Caperton studied… — Sam Lipsyte Allan poe Copy Share Image
“I needed to talk to Vargina, to straighten this out, but felt suddenly faint, headed for the deli across the street. Just… — Sam Lipsyte Comfort food Copy Share Image
“You’re growing up. All you need to remember is that nothing changes. New technology, new markets, global interconnectivity, doesn’t matter. It’s still… — Sam Lipsyte Investing Copy Share Image
This country was built on the backs of dudes who drank on buses. What we do honors them. — Sam Lipsyte Bus Copy Share Image
The bullshit never ends. That’s the main thing to remember. It never ends. — Sam Lipsyte Bullshit Copy Share Image
Stuff me in a tutu and let's screen experimental videos all day. — Sam Lipsyte Inspirational Copy Share Image
“She liked reality shows the best, and then the shows that purported to be about reality.” — Sam Lipsyte Quote Copy Share Image
One of my big revelations was that nobody cares whether you write your novel or not. They want you to be happy.… — Sam Lipsyte Bigs Copy Share Image
Yes, we could solve for why, but we could also eat another slice of coconut cake. — Sam Lipsyte Cake Copy Share Image
No emotion or insight is too small to inflict on the world. Let it all fly. Don't let it eat you from… — Sam Lipsyte Emotion Copy Share Image
“We are going to eat ice cream and we are going to eat shit. The trick is to use different spoons.” — Sam Lipsyte Ice cream Copy Share Image
“I was also one of those people who hadn’t caught up with the latest social networking site. Maura belonged to most of… — Sam Lipsyte Black death Copy Share Image
I knew I was in the vicinity of a serious lesson, if not about how to live life, then at least how… — Sam Lipsyte Lessons Copy Share Image
“They weren’t like dolls, because dolls had no feelings. Kids had feelings, just not any remotely related to yours.” — Sam Lipsyte Quote Copy Share Image
“You think everyone will stay behind and do everything you did all over again, forever. You picture old geezers in jean jackets… — Sam Lipsyte Growing up Copy Share Image
“Van Wort was fat and his name was Van Wort. With that combination, why would you pack your kid off to camp?… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
