Author: Gary Shteyngart

Quotes

I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.

I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.

- Gary Shteyngart

Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.

Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.

- 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.

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.

- Gary Shteyngart

I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.

I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.

- Gary Shteyngart

I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.

I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.

- Gary Shteyngart

Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand.

Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at the mercy of the work at hand.

- Gary Shteyngart

I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.

I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.

- Gary Shteyngart

American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.

American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.

- Gary Shteyngart

You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

- Gary Shteyngart

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