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
I often think about how my sons will come to know about September 11th. Something overheard? A newspaper image? In school? I would prefer that they learn about it from my wife and me, in a deliberate and safe way. But it's hard to imagine ever feeling ready to broach the subject without some impetus. Jonathan Safran Foer 11thbroachdeliberate share on social
There is no greater gift than time. Jonathan Safran Foer giftgreattime 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
Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness. Jonathan Safran Foer endgoodloneliness Change image and share on social
Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us. Jonathan Safran Foer capablecomfortexperience 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