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Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I'm a person with virtually no feelings.

I'm a person with virtually no feelings.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.

I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.

I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.

One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I believe that people are what happened to their grandparents.

I believe that people are what happened to their grandparents.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.

Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech.

It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: We're all walking around trying to deal with a certain amount of shame, to repress it. And we restrict our mental lives to smaller and smaller areas.

We're all walking around trying to deal with a certain amount of shame, to repress it. And we restrict our mental lives to smaller and smaller areas.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I always thought of writing as holy. I still do. It's not something to be approached casually.

I always thought of writing as holy. I still do. It's not something to be approached casually.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I didn't want to write travelogues.

I didn't want to write travelogues.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form.

To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: When one writes, there's the double horror of discovering not only what it is that one so fears but also the triviality of that fear.

When one writes, there's the double horror of discovering not only what it is that one so fears but also the triviality of that fear.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I like the eclipses, the synaptic jumps of short stories. The reader has to participate very actively in the experience.

I like the eclipses, the synaptic jumps of short stories. The reader has to participate very actively in the experience.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: It's broadening. You meet people in your family you'd never happen to run into otherwise.

It's broadening. You meet people in your family you'd never happen to run into otherwise.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: Art is inherently subversive. It's destabilizing. It undermines what you already know and what you already think. It is the opposite of propaganda.

Art is inherently subversive. It's destabilizing. It undermines what you already know and what you already think. It is the opposite of propaganda.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection.

I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: Fiction is a report from the interior.

Fiction is a report from the interior.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I would say the reason that I've never written a novel is because I've never written a novel.

I would say the reason that I've never written a novel is because I've never written a novel.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicised so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy.

The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicised so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: Everything makes me angry, unless it makes me sad.

Everything makes me angry, unless it makes me sad.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: The first story I wrote was called 'Days,' and I have very little affection for it.

The first story I wrote was called 'Days,' and I have very little affection for it.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I always need huge amounts of time to do anything.

I always need huge amounts of time to do anything.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I'm constantly trying to strip away layers of perceived thought or cliche.

I'm constantly trying to strip away layers of perceived thought or cliche.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I just want to be on my own branch twittering.

I just want to be on my own branch twittering.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.

I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.

Deborah Eisenberg quotes: I would like to never ever think about any political issues.

I would like to never ever think about any political issues.