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Gary Shteyngart quotes: Every author who straddles culture is inauthentic in a way. Every author who straddles culture is inauthentic in a way.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I am a kind of joke, but the question is: which kind? My job is to keep everyone guessing. I am a kind of joke, but the question is: which kind? My job is to keep everyone guessing.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Freedom is anathema to dreams nurtured in captivity. Freedom is anathema to dreams nurtured in captivity.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Satire always benefits when evil and stupidity collide. Satire always benefits when evil and stupidity collide.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I think of my mother and father. Of their constant anxiety. But their anxiety means they still want to live. I think of my mother and father. Of their constant anxiety. But their anxiety means they still want to live.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Asthmatic immigrant learns to breathe by writing. Asthmatic immigrant learns to breathe by writing.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there. Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: By reading this message you are denying its existence and implying consent. By reading this message you are denying its existence and implying consent.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you're going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell's the point? Just do fiction. The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you're going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell's the point? Just do fiction.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: But what kind of profession is this, writer?" my mother would ask. "You want to be this?" I want to be this. But what kind of profession is this, writer?" my mother would ask. "You want to be this?" I want to be this.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens. I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand. Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Stockbrokers, secretaries, government functionaries - everybody back then was expected to have some kind of inner life. Stockbrokers, secretaries, government functionaries - everybody back then was expected to have some kind of inner life.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I gave him a photocopy of who I was, without telling him that I was unhappy and humiliated and often, just like him, all alone. I gave him a photocopy of who I was, without telling him that I was unhappy and humiliated and often, just like him, all alone.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: He knows that people marked for greater things are often the least happy of all. He knows that people marked for greater things are often the least happy of all.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being. Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Cereal is food, sort of. It tastes grainy, easy and light, with a hint of false fruitiness. It tastes the way America feels. Cereal is food, sort of. It tastes grainy, easy and light, with a hint of false fruitiness. It tastes the way America feels.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. There's never a need to feel lost anymore. The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. There's never a need to feel lost anymore.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The world is harsh and inconsiderate, and you can rely only on your family. The world is harsh and inconsiderate, and you can rely only on your family.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Do not believe the Judeo-Christian lie! Do not believe the Judeo-Christian lie!
Gary Shteyngart quotes: If you stop thinking, if you stop wondering, you die. If you stop thinking, if you stop wondering, you die.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions. We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me. My mother cranes her neck. Her ability to be fascinated by things is her best gift to me.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about. I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Maybe this is who I really am.Not a loner, exactly.But someone who can be alone. Maybe this is who I really am.
Not a loner, exactly.
But someone who can be alone.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I am not good with others. I am not good with others.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: After all, this is America, and you can swap out the parts of yourself that don't work. You can rebuild yourself piece by piece. After all, this is America, and you can swap out the parts of yourself that don't work. You can rebuild yourself piece by piece.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: How can we read when people need our help? It's a luxury. A stupid luxury. How can we read when people need our help? It's a luxury. A stupid luxury.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I don't have many possessions, apart from my books. I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes. When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other. I have my own dying empire to contend with, and I do not wish for any other.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: This is the superhumanity of the immigrant, but woe be to the all-too-human offspring living in the shadow of such strength. This is the superhumanity of the immigrant, but woe be to the all-too-human offspring living in the shadow of such strength.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly. I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Forget the fountain of youth, pal of mine. You can live to be a thousand, and it won't matter. Mediocrities like you deserve immortality. Forget the fountain of youth, pal of mine. You can live to be a thousand, and it won't matter. Mediocrities like you deserve immortality.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: As every so-called creative spirit soon learns, the rest of the world doesn't particularly give a damn. As every so-called creative spirit soon learns, the rest of the world doesn't particularly give a damn.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: You don't want to end up in Troy," the You don't want to end up in Troy," the
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it. I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot. I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Whatever else could be said of Eunice Park, she was perfectly true. Whatever else could be said of Eunice Park, she was perfectly true.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: If they can make a fabulous gay man work like that, I thought, what can they do to the rest of us? If they can make a fabulous gay man work like that, I thought, what can they do to the rest of us?
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Today I've made a major decision. I'm never going to die. Today I've made a major decision. I'm never going to die.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead ... or a really effective oligarch. If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead ... or a really effective oligarch.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Just don't write like a self -hating Jew, my father is whispering into my ear. Just don't write like a self -hating Jew, my father is whispering into my ear.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: All love is socioeconomic. It's the gradients in status that make arousal possible. All love is socioeconomic. It's the gradients in status that make arousal possible.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist. I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart. Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Before my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer. Before my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Remember this ... develop a sense of nostalgia for something, or you'll never figure out what's important. Remember this ... develop a sense of nostalgia for something, or you'll never figure out what's important.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great. In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: This country is so stupid. Only spoiled white people could let something so good get so bad. I This country is so stupid. Only spoiled white people could let something so good get so bad. I
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The fact that my sexual awakening peripherally involves Steve Guttenberg I have gradually accepted. The fact that my sexual awakening peripherally involves Steve Guttenberg I have gradually accepted.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes. You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my work.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy. That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system. That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: My parents were kind enough to spend hours talking to me. My parents were kind enough to spend hours talking to me.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: People always write on my Facebook that they've seen somebody they thought was me on the subway, and I was cursing badly. People always write on my Facebook that they've seen somebody they thought was me on the subway, and I was cursing badly.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I wonder what children whose parents have money think about in their spare time. I wonder what children whose parents have money think about in their spare time.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: We're people of the Orient. We know everything. And what we don't know, we can sense. We're people of the Orient. We know everything. And what we don't know, we can sense.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: {I'm partial to anyone who looks half blind) {I'm partial to anyone who looks half blind)
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Heavy use of a special hypoallergenic organic air freshener is encouraged at Post-Human Services, because the scent of immortality is complex. Heavy use of a special hypoallergenic organic air freshener is encouraged at Post-Human Services, because the scent of immortality is complex.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: This red-fading-into-brown defines Queens for me; it is quiet and melancholy and postsuccessful, vaguely British in its disposition. This red-fading-into-brown defines Queens for me; it is quiet and melancholy and postsuccessful, vaguely British in its disposition.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The simple trill of her laugh has not declined over the years; if anything it's been buffeted by her endless sorrows and disappointments. The simple trill of her laugh has not declined over the years; if anything it's been buffeted by her endless sorrows and disappointments.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The only way to write about right now is to write about the future. The only way to write about right now is to write about the future.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: If you read only one memoir by a disaffected, urban, 20-something Jewish girl this year, make it this one. Shukert rocks the lulav. If you read only one memoir by a disaffected, urban, 20-something Jewish girl this year, make it this one. Shukert rocks the lulav.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated. I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it. American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I want to be loved so badly, it verges on mild insanity. I want to be loved so badly, it verges on mild insanity.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [ ... ] A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [ ... ]
Gary Shteyngart quotes: It's special because it's not special, and hence it makes Cohen feel special for choosing it. It's special because it's not special, and hence it makes Cohen feel special for choosing it.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up. There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Good fucking Christ. What is this, an iPhone?" He Good fucking Christ. What is this, an iPhone?" He
Gary Shteyngart quotes: If only beauty could explain the world away. If only beauty could explain the world away.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: America should treasure its rare, true original voices and Mark Leyner is one of them. So treasure him already, you bastards! America should treasure its rare, true original voices and Mark Leyner is one of them. So treasure him already, you bastards!
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Whatever you may think of Judaism, Lyuba, in the end it's just a codified system of anxieties. Whatever you may think of Judaism, Lyuba, in the end it's just a codified system of anxieties.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was drilled into me. My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was drilled into me.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Any life ending in death is essentially pointless. Any life ending in death is essentially pointless.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The radio station was playing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a sure sign that things were much worse than they appeared. The radio station was playing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a sure sign that things were much worse than they appeared.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The true subject of science fiction is death, not life. It will all end. The totality of it. The true subject of science fiction is death, not life. It will all end. The totality of it.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The physical world is the only salvation from a mind constantly churning away at itself. The physical world is the only salvation from a mind constantly churning away at itself.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: You are not what you want. You are what wants you back. You are not what you want. You are what wants you back.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: It is a capital insult in this country not to make love to a naked woman, even if she is related to you. It is a capital insult in this country not to make love to a naked woman, even if she is related to you.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: He didn't love her. They were together for the obvious and timeless reason: It was slightly less painful than being alone. He didn't love her. They were together for the obvious and timeless reason: It was slightly less painful than being alone.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: I feel safe with him because he is so not my ideal and I feel like I can be myself because I'm not in love with him. I feel safe with him because he is so not my ideal and I feel like I can be myself because I'm not in love with him.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: If we can't take care of each other now, when the world is going to shit, how are we ever going to make it? If we can't take care of each other now, when the world is going to shit, how are we ever going to make it?
Gary Shteyngart quotes: Aberdeen, a city in the northern reaches of HSBC-London. Their Aberdeen, a city in the northern reaches of HSBC-London. Their
Gary Shteyngart quotes: With a singlemindedness common only to former Soviet interior-ministry troops and first-year law students With a singlemindedness common only to former Soviet interior-ministry troops and first-year law students
Gary Shteyngart quotes: In her bones, this may still be her country. But she will not touch it with her hands the way I do, trying to lyricize the filth and the decay. In her bones, this may still be her country. But she will not touch it with her hands the way I do, trying to lyricize the filth and the decay.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: That's what I admire about youngish Italians, the slow dimunition of ambition, the recognition that the best is far behind them. That's what I admire about youngish Italians, the slow dimunition of ambition, the recognition that the best is far behind them.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: The fading light is us, and we are, for a moment so brief ( ... ) beautiful. The fading light is us, and we are, for a moment so brief ( ... ) beautiful.
Gary Shteyngart quotes: My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist. My first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist.

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