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Quote by Gary Shteyngart

“I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.”

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Gary Shteyngart, born on July 5, 1972, is an American writer known for his focus on immigration, cultural conflicts, and modern urban life, characterized by his humor and satire. more

“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.”

“I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.”

Want Force Fiction Entertainment Contemplation

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.”

Thinking Knows Feels Book Real Lasts Support Industry Paper Smell Printed Real Books Printed Books

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.”

America House Growing Up Growing Sick Russia Horrible Treated Asthma Ambulance

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has become more like Russia: a kleptocratic society.”

Way America Strange Unions Expected Russia Soviet Reverse Soviet Union

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“Silence has been destroyed, but also the idea that it's important to learn how another person thinks, to enter the mind of another person. The whole idea of empathy is gone. We are now part of this giant machine where every second we have to take out a device and contribute our thoughts and opinions.”

Thinking Mind Persons Has Beens Important Ideas Whole Silence Opinion Gone Empathy Machines Destroyed Giants Devices Our Thoughts Every Second

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.”

World Ends Fiction Humour Science Fiction Multiple Delivery

Author:Gary Shteyngart

“I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated.”

World Want I Can Born Hungry

Book:Little Failure: A Memoir

Source: Little Failure: A Memoir

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