What did Jami Attenberg mean by: With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment. - Jami Attenberg Author Copy
+ 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’d love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I’m working on it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Crazy, Epic, Writing, 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
+ People judge you because of your weight and your food issues. It’s very visual. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Issues, Judging, 0 - Jami Attenberg Author
+ What’s the point of having a book club if you don’t get to eat brownies and drink wine? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Jami Attenberg, Book, Clubs, Wine, 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 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
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Focus on the future for 50%, on the present for 40%, and on the past for 10% - Masaaki Hatsumi Martial artist · Japan
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. Explain - Max Beerbohm Satirist and caricaturist · England
Photography is an art of teleporting the past into the future. - Mehmet Murat Ildan Playwright and novelist · Turkey
Again I entered my smithy to work and forge something from the noble material of time past. - Jean Froissart Historian · Belgium
The time for reasoning is past; now’s the time to get steamed up and fight like mad. - Jean Genet Playwright · France
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God’s help I catch some. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica