“I reveled in the smallness, the coziness of an upstairs bedroom in a traditional American Cape Cod house the half-floor that forces you to duck, to feel small and naive again, ready for anything, dying for love, your body a chimney filled with odd, black smoke. These square, squat, awkward rooms are like a fifty-square-foot paean to teenage-hood, to ripeness, to the first and last taste of youth.” FeelsFirstsBodyLastsHouseForceBlackRoomsHalfFeetDyingLove YouYouthReadyTasteFilledYour BodyTraditionalSmokeOddFiftySquaresDucksAwkwardBedroomTeenageNaiveHoodUpstairsCapesChimneysSmallnessSquatFirsts And LastsCape CodRipeness Author:Gary Shteyngart
“I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsBookRealLastsSupportIndustryPaperSmellPrintedReal BooksPrinted Books Author:Gary Shteyngart
“I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when Im looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.” FeelsWritingViewsCreativeNiceFeetNew YorkBedWindowTablesCoffeeCouchesSkylines Author:Gary Shteyngart
“The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. Theres never a need to feel lost anymore.” NeedsFeelsLostBest ThingsIphone Author:Gary Shteyngart
“All of my books have an element of a man who is in love with somebody and needs them desperately, not just for procreation but for being able to fully unbosom himself. He only feels comfortable discussing things with women. Which is funny, because 80 percent of readers are women!” MenNeedsFeelsBookAbleReaderElementsComfortablePercentDiscussingProcreation Author:Gary Shteyngart
“I write five, six days a week. The thing is capturing the voice. I feel like I've been perfecting one voice - in different iterations, sure, but the Russian-ness has always been the undercurrent.” FeelsWritingDifferentVoiceFiveWeekSix Author:Gary Shteyngart
“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.” FeelsI CanSafeIdeals Book:Super Sad True Love Story Source: Super Sad True Love Story
“I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they’ve made me feel like a human being and they gave me books that taught me English.” PeopleWorldFeelsHumansMadeBookKidsHuman BeingsTaughtImmigrantsLibrarian Author:Gary Shteyngart
“In the first few pages, Kundera discusses several abstract historical figures: Robespierre, Nietzsche, Hitler. For Eunice's sake, I wanted him to get to the plot, to introduce actual "living" characters - I recalled this was a love story - and to leave the world of ideas behind. Here we were, two people lying in bed, Eunice's worried head propped on my collarbone, and I wanted us to feel something in common. I wanted this complex language, this surge of intellect, to be processed into love. Isn't that how they used to do it a century ago, people reading poetry to one another?” PeopleWorldLoveFeelsFirstsTwoIdeasCharacterStoriesAgeWantedUsedLyingReadingLanguageLove IsCommonBehindsCenturyFiguresBedPagesHistoricalComplexesSakeIntellectLove StoryWorriedAbstractPlotIntroducingPeople LieReading PoetryHistorical Figure Book:Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel Source: Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
