Top 81 Quotes by Jami Attenberg

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

I kind of want to be seen as an American writer, not just a New York writer.

I don't know if I had ever found my place in the world until I fully committed to being a writer.

When we are young - or even 32 - we often say 'yes' to everything because we're worried that we won't know what we'll like if we don't try it.

I'm from the Midwest. We like to know who our neighbors are.

My love can be easily bought with a steak from Peter Luger's.

Cooking skills aside, my mother is an exceptional nurturer.

There are generations of people who don't know how to eat properly.

I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.