Author: Aimee Bender

Quotes

I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.

I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.

- Aimee Bender

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

- Aimee Bender

Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.

Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.

- Aimee Bender

I love food. I'm not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing.

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

I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.

I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.

- Aimee Bender

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the emotional life of the character.

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the emotional life of the character.

- Aimee Bender

When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.

When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.

- Aimee Bender

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