Author: Jonathan Safran Foer

Quotes

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

There is no greater gift than time.

There is no greater gift than time.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.

I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.

All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity.

Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity.

- Jonathan Safran Foer

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