For me as a person, friendships are incredibly important to me, but in writing, they can distract me. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I don’t eschew autobiographical writing, but I’m not interested in mine to be so straightforward. The things that tend to move me the most are often those that I have to figure out its meaning for myself. The human being’s ability to make a metaphor to describe a human experience is just really cool. Aimee Bender Read Quote
Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really good at focusing in on each writers voice and setting. When I felt like I was obligated to write a story that was more typical, no one really liked it. Aimee Bender Read Quote
As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang, and she went on to become a surgeon. Aimee Bender Read Quote
In terms of foods for me, I think I have more of the usual associations – foods from childhood that I associate with care and love, from relatives or special restaurants like the kind elderly man who dusted seasoning salt on French fries at the corner burger joint. Aimee Bender Read Quote
When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It’s nourishing; it’s rejuvenating. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I get a little myopic in the act of doing any writing. I think I’m not as interested or not as able to write about balance, because I think there’s something I want to try to get at. I’m trying to get at something about the experience of growing up or about families. Aimee Bender Read Quote
I love food. I’m not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing. Aimee Bender Read Quote
