In high school I became a vegetarian more times than I can now remember, most often as an effort to claim some identity in a world of people whose identities seemed to come effortlessly. Jonathan Safran Foer claimefforteffortlessly Change image and share on social
I have made my own choice, which is vegetarianism, but it's not the choice I'm imposing on anybody else. Jonathan Safran Foer choiceimposemake Change image and share on social
Why wouldn't - how couldn't - an author care about how his or her books look? Jonathan Safran Foer authorbookcare Change image and share on social
When a book remembers, we remember. It reminds you that you have a body. So many of the things we may think of as burdensome are actually the things that make us more human. Jonathan Safran Foer bodybookburdensome Change image and share on social
The more exposure people have to the realities of factory farming, the more we will see people rejecting it. It's already happening. Jonathan Safran Foer exposurefactoryfarm Change image and share on social
Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud. Jonathan Safran Foer bookfastinternet Change image and share on social
There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food. Jonathan Safran Foer culturefoodlong Change image and share on social
I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food. Jonathan Safran Foer animalargumentbabysitter share on social
I usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friends' houses. I like places where there's stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation. Jonathan Safran Foer coffeeconversationeye share on social
Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car. Jonathan Safran Foer carculturedecision Change image and share on social
