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
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
I need an office, so I can have a place where I don't write. Jonathan Safran Foer officeplacewrite Change image and 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
There are a lot of things that we crave, there are a lot of things that would make us perhaps more fulfilled in a sensory way that we just say no to. Jonathan Safran Foer cravefulfilllot Change image and share on social
There is no greater gift than time. Jonathan Safran Foer giftgreattime Change image and 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
