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Adam Mansbach quotes: Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.

Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.

Adam Mansbach quotes: No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.

No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.

Adam Mansbach quotes: I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.

I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.

Adam Mansbach quotes: To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.

To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.

Adam Mansbach quotes: I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.

I've probably done more than a thousand interviews, and I can't remember what people asked me two months ago or two days ago.

Adam Mansbach quotes: A good cookout ought to last at least six hours; if you haven't eaten and gotten full and gotten hungry and eaten again, you're doing something wrong.

A good cookout ought to last at least six hours; if you haven't eaten and gotten full and gotten hungry and eaten again, you're doing something wrong.

Adam Mansbach quotes: The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.

The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.

Adam Mansbach quotes: Ultimately, very few people parent their kids in ways that strike anybody else as reasoned, appropriate or sane.

Ultimately, very few people parent their kids in ways that strike anybody else as reasoned, appropriate or sane.

Adam Mansbach quotes: There's a lot of demand to hear the new Kanye West album before it hits the streets. There's much less demand to read the new Phillip Roth novel.

There's a lot of demand to hear the new Kanye West album before it hits the streets. There's much less demand to read the new Phillip Roth novel.

Adam Mansbach quotes: It's hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children's book I am mistaken for a parenting expert.

It's hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children's book I am mistaken for a parenting expert.

Adam Mansbach quotes: My approach is to treat writing very much as a job.

My approach is to treat writing very much as a job.

Adam Mansbach quotes: For many families, gift-giving is a major source of stress - the relentless commercialism, the whining demands, the financial pressure.

For many families, gift-giving is a major source of stress - the relentless commercialism, the whining demands, the financial pressure.

Adam Mansbach quotes: The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene.

The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene.

Adam Mansbach quotes: When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.

When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.

Adam Mansbach quotes: One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.

One thing any DJ needs in his crate, especially at a barbecue, is a selection of 15-minute-plus jams.

Adam Mansbach quotes: My wife likes me to point out that she puts our daughter down to sleep more often than I do, which gives me time to write stupid books about it.

My wife likes me to point out that she puts our daughter down to sleep more often than I do, which gives me time to write stupid books about it.

Adam Mansbach quotes: I know you're not thirsty. That's bullshit. Stop lying. Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep.

I know you're not thirsty. That's bullshit. Stop lying. Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep.

Adam Mansbach quotes: There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.

There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.

Adam Mansbach quotes: While I'm working, I stick with music that won't distract me - the dub stylings of Scientist and King Tubby, maybe some Beethoven string quartets.

While I'm working, I stick with music that won't distract me - the dub stylings of Scientist and King Tubby, maybe some Beethoven string quartets.

Adam Mansbach quotes: If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.

If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.

Adam Mansbach quotes: I've always been really involved in figuring out who my audience is and how to reach them.

I've always been really involved in figuring out who my audience is and how to reach them.

Adam Mansbach quotes: I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.

I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.

Adam Mansbach quotes: Graffiti writers were the most interesting people in hip hop. They were the mad scientists, the mad geniuses, the weird ones.

Graffiti writers were the most interesting people in hip hop. They were the mad scientists, the mad geniuses, the weird ones.

Adam Mansbach quotes: I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.

I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.

Adam Mansbach quotes: I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.

I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.

Adam Mansbach quotes: As a writer, I've always been somebody who's been productive and hustled hard.

As a writer, I've always been somebody who's been productive and hustled hard.

Adam Mansbach quotes: To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.

To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.

Adam Mansbach quotes: My mother is really the person I learned to curse from. She discourages me from saying that in interviews. But it's true.

My mother is really the person I learned to curse from. She discourages me from saying that in interviews. But it's true.

Adam Mansbach quotes: Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.

Eating is one of the great pleasures of life.

Adam Mansbach quotes: Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor ... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.

Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor ... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.

Adam Mansbach quotes: Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen.

Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen.

Adam Mansbach quotes: If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.

If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.

Adam Mansbach quotes: America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.

America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.