111 Quotes by Rumaan Alam

If you can't empathize with other people, then you will never really be able to write well about them.

Shopping for clothes is time consuming, it's tiring, and it can feel like a waste of an autumn afternoon.

When I look at the list of my favorite works, writers who are women do tend to outnumber writers who are men for whatever reason.

Instead of a passion for the Yankees or fly-fishing or birding, I want to pass on to my sons a love of books, music, and art. I accept that this is partly about the gratification of my own ego, but it's also one of the only ways I know of making a rich life. That's what we all want for our progeny.

I think it's a not-uncommon experience for gay boys, young men, and even older men to spend a lot of time in the company of women.

If you've ever watched a television cartoon, you know that kids don't appreciate subtlety, though perhaps that's because they're not often offered it.

Class is very, very fertile territory for American artists, and it has been for a long time.

Some writers are prolific; some are shape-shifters. It's rare and intimidating to encounter one who is both.

In a strange way, Louise Erdrich is perhaps our least famous great American writer; she is not reclusive, but she is reticent, and her public appearances give the impression of a carefully controlled performance. But Erdrich has also shared many of her most intimate emotions and experiences, in some form, in her novels.