I'm a really selfish person. But I would do anything for my friends. Jami Attenberg friendpersonselfish Change image and share on social
I am not one of those people who string their exes along. Instead, I run and hide: under the covers, behind my computer screen, on opposite coasts of the country. Jami Attenberg coastcomputercountry Change image and share on social
My grandmother died when my mother was just 11 years old, and consequently, my mother never learned how to cook particularly well. Jami Attenberg cookdiegrandmother Change image and share on social
No offense to Bushwick, where all my neighbors greeted me on the street and there is a growing arts community and a curious beauty to its industrial zone, but Bushwick is no Williamsburg, even if the real estate agents would have you believe it is. Jami Attenberg agentartbeauty share on social
There's something to be said for an author who clearly respects a reader. Jami Attenberg authorreaderrespect Change image and share on social
I did get in a few fights in school. Kids threw around anti-Semitic slurs, not knowing necessarily what they meant. It was probably just something they picked up somewhere, as kids do. Jami Attenberg antifightkid Change image and share on social
I don't know if I had ever found my place in the world until I fully committed to being a writer. Jami Attenberg commitfindfully Change image and share on social
Maybe I wouldn't hit three fast food restaurants in a day, but I could hit one in a day. I try not to do that. Jami Attenberg dayfastfood Change image and share on social
For years I drove cross-country, back and forth a dozen times, sometimes on book tour, sometimes just to get lost and found. Jami Attenberg backbookcountry Change image and share on social
Why e-mail a full emotional statement when, instead, you can text a totally insignificant and ambiguous half-considered phrase? Jami Attenberg ambiguousconsideremotional Change image and share on social
