Amy Hempel Quotes

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Amy Hempel is an American writer renowned for her concise and profound short stories. Her work often delves into themes of interpersonal relationships, loneliness, and death, earning her acclaim from readers and critics alike.

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“He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good.”

Knows Happens

Book:The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

Source: The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

“Maybe this is not a come-down-from-the-ledge story. But I tell it with the thought that the woman on the ledge will ask herself a question, the question that occurred to that man in Bogota. He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good?”

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Book:The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

Source: The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

“I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.”

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Author:Amy Hempel

“Obviously, in journalism, you're confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it's in us. It makes things more interesting, a closer call. But journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one.”

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Author:Amy Hempel

About the Author

Born: December 14, 1951
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 75

Books & Sources

The Collected Stories of Amy HempelRelated source material

Reasons to LiveRelated source material

The Dog of the Marriage: StoriesRelated source material

At the Gates of the Animal KingdomRelated source material

The Collected StoriesRelated source material

Tumble Home: A Novella and Short StoriesRelated source material

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