I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain. Jonathan Safran Foer constraindefinitionmake Change image and share on social
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
Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud. Jonathan Safran Foer bookfastinternet 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
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. Jonathan Safran Foer actcharactercreate share on social
People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it's like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. Jonathan Safran Foer animalcareexclusion 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
I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something. Jonathan Safran Foer readwrite Change image and share on social
Again and again we are confronted with the reality - some might say the problem - of sharing our space with other living things, be they dogs, trees, fish or penguins. Jonathan Safran Foer confrontdogfish 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
