What did Jami Attenberg mean by: I had always loved life on the road. It was just something that appealed to me very deeply. - Jami Attenberg Author Copy
+ I wish I could write while I’m on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Sitting Still, Wish, Writing, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ I’m not that much of a researcher. I’m good at channeling characters, and I’m good at structure. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Character, Structure, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities. Feraz Zeid, September 15, 2023December 24, 2023, Jami Attenberg, Giants, Ocean, Possibility, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ I love reading books that you can’t put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Book, Reading, Weekend, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ Sometimes, things are just exercises. Feraz Zeid, September 21, 2023December 26, 2023, Jami Attenberg, Exercise, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That’s the best way to learn. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Reading, Writing, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It’s kind of about the readers. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Reading, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Brain, Stories, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
