The best books are the ones that ask the most questions. Jonathan Safran Foer bookquestion Change image and 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
There's no being wrong in seeing something in art, only being disagreed with. Jonathan Safran Foer artdisagreewrong Change image and share on social
As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention. Jonathan Safran Foer attentionpagepay Change image and share on social
There are two kinds of sculptures. There's the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there is the kind that adds, building with clay, piling it on. The way I write novels is to keep piling on and piling on and piling on. Jonathan Safran Foer addblockbuild share on social
How could this world be so unlike the world that I believed I was living in? I can't describe it. Do I not want to describe it, or do I simply not possess the vocabulary? Jonathan Safran Foer believedescribelive Change image and share on social
I want to talk about God in a literary way. But I think I would have a very hard time praying to God. Jonathan Safran Foer godhardliterary Change image and share on social
There is no greater gift than time. Jonathan Safran Foer giftgreattime Change image and share on social
Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting. Jonathan Safran Foer analogybadgreat share on social
There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals. Jonathan Safran Foer allyantibioticban share on social
