Top 81 Quotes by Jami Attenberg

I have watched Occupy Wall Street mostly from the sidelines.

Anything by Lorrie Moore speaks to a certain kind of person.

When does an object become a symbol? All I know is you cannot force it.

The best thing about the Web is the sound of all the individual voices rising.

I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.

My Twitter feed is probably my biggest resource of news. Other people scour the web so I do not have to, and I thank them for it.

Many online journals get the most hits of the day during the lunch hour.

It's the differences in people that help you realize who you are. Even if we silently pass each other on the street.

My grandmother died when my mother was just 11 years old, and consequently, my mother never learned how to cook particularly well.