It’s a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you’re not allowed to see where something comes from, don’t put it in your mouth. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
I’m less worried about accomplishment – as younger people always can’t help but be – and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
The purpose of the Seder to my mind is to inspire conversations with your family about the human drama and hopefully transmit values to the next generation. I’ve always felt like this could be better. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
You write to please yourself, you write to move yourself, to engage yourself in the asking of questions that are important to you. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
I’m not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I’ll be funny in real life. It’s the inevitable disappointment of meeting me. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
Why do I write? It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – what’s going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. Jonathan Safran Foer Read Quote
