I get to tell the most interesting stories I know how to tell with the most interesting sentences I know how to compose - and people who aren't related to me read them. To be paid to write things that matter to me is extraordinary. Amy Bloom composeextraordinaryinterest share on social
My father would have been spectacularly ill-suited to working for an institution of any kind, and I suspect that, to a lesser degree, that's true of me, too. Amy Bloom degreefatherill Change image and share on social
Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and they have been doing so for centuries - just as long as other people have been pursuing happiness and writing books about it. Amy Bloom badlybookcentury share on social
My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments. Amy Bloom ailmentdeathelderly share on social
I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb. Amy Bloom dumbfindreader Change image and share on social
People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Native Americans. Amy Bloom americancountryforget Change image and share on social
I do have a sister. I have never written much about sisters before. I am very close to my sister, but, maybe, because we are very close, it never occurred to me to write about her. Amy Bloom closeoccursister Change image and share on social
It is a wonderful, moving, heart-filling experience to sit with the man or woman you love and your beloved children and know that all are happy to be just where they are with each other and loving one another. This doesn't happen very often. Amy Bloom belovedchildexperience share on social
I learned how to write television scripts the same way I have learned to do almost everything else in my entire life, which is by reading. Amy Bloom entirelearnlife Change image and share on social
I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was reinventing themselves. Amy Bloom 1940scompelexcitable Change image and share on social
