173 Quotes by Jami Attenberg

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    The fascinating thing about food is that if you have issues with it, you have to face it every single day.

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    It's good to try stuff. I wrote a book that I threw away, and I think I just wrote it so I could try stuff in it and not be scared

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    I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

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    I check my phone first thing when I wake up in the morning. I usually take it up with me to bed so it's on the floor next to the bed, although not actually in bed with me, because I really do not want to be the person who sleeps with their phone.

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    I do not mourn the death of the printed letter in a snobby, East Coast, patrician way - 'Where have our manners gone?' - but because I love objects, I love paper, and I love something that I can hold to my chest for a moment. Still, I bear no grudge against the e-mail form itself.

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    My laptop broke and because of the storm I could not get a new one. And so I've been promoting my book via iPhone.

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