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Jonathan Ames quotes: There's no shortage of material in life.

There's no shortage of material in life.

Jonathan Ames quotes: It's hard to leave New York: this is where my friends are, my parents are. It is so vital. The whole world seems to look to New York.

It's hard to leave New York: this is where my friends are, my parents are. It is so vital. The whole world seems to look to New York.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.

I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.

Jonathan Ames quotes: Insightful and heartbreaking, but also wonderfully comedic in its gutsy honesty. A beautiful and powerful memoir.

Insightful and heartbreaking, but also wonderfully comedic in its gutsy honesty. A beautiful and powerful memoir.

Jonathan Ames quotes: Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.

Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I didn't play or like a lot of board games as a child. I liked playing with my G.I. Joes and making up adventures for them.

I didn't play or like a lot of board games as a child. I liked playing with my G.I. Joes and making up adventures for them.

Jonathan Ames quotes: Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.

Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.

I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.

Jonathan Ames quotes: Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.

Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.

I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.

Jonathan Ames quotes: A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.

A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

Jonathan Ames quotes: It's very hard not to commit cancer suicide in America.

It's very hard not to commit cancer suicide in America.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.

I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.

I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.

Jonathan Ames quotes: For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

Jonathan Ames quotes: To write about a place, you have to live there.

To write about a place, you have to live there.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I hid my underwear beneath a parked Peugeot.

I hid my underwear beneath a parked Peugeot.

Jonathan Ames quotes: It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I know I experience great consolation when my mouth is between a woman's legs. I think it must be because I'm drinking in her happiness.

I know I experience great consolation when my mouth is between a woman's legs. I think it must be because I'm drinking in her happiness.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I was deeply depressed. I felt my brain slipping out of its casing and down my neck, like an egg sliding on a frying pan. So

I was deeply depressed. I felt my brain slipping out of its casing and down my neck, like an egg sliding on a frying pan. So

Jonathan Ames quotes: I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.

I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.

Jonathan Ames quotes: It's not easy taking care of one's self, determining nap lengths and all that, but with two people it's a manageable job.

It's not easy taking care of one's self, determining nap lengths and all that, but with two people it's a manageable job.

Jonathan Ames quotes: The reason it's hard for me to tweet is I don't want to pronounce anything, and Twitter is for pronouncing.

The reason it's hard for me to tweet is I don't want to pronounce anything, and Twitter is for pronouncing.

Jonathan Ames quotes: For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

Jonathan Ames quotes: Essentially I'm a pantheist-agnostic. I worship many deities with equal amounts of confusion.

Essentially I'm a pantheist-agnostic. I worship many deities with equal amounts of confusion.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

I need to stay in the present and use that new-age mantra: 'I'm okay right now.' But I worry about all the things I'm failing at every moment.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I promote my own self-hatred.

I promote my own self-hatred.

Jonathan Ames quotes: People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

Jonathan Ames quotes: Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.

Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.

Jonathan Ames quotes: As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I'm a somewhat isolated person in my own way, or I move along a little trail, I go this place, I go that place. It's not like I'm varying my

I'm a somewhat isolated person in my own way, or I move along a little trail, I go this place, I go that place. It's not like I'm varying my exposure.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I have very few hobbies. In fact, I have no hobbies.

I have very few hobbies. In fact, I have no hobbies.

Jonathan Ames quotes: There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.

Jonathan Ames quotes: It was another sunny day, good for skin cancer and playing tennis.

It was another sunny day, good for skin cancer and playing tennis.

Jonathan Ames quotes: Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way.

I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way.

Jonathan Ames quotes: A lot of readers have actually helped me, been really sweet to me ... So maybe my cry for help has sometimes been answered.

A lot of readers have actually helped me, been really sweet to me ... So maybe my cry for help has sometimes been answered.

Jonathan Ames quotes: I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.