Gary Shteyngart Fiction Quotations

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.

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

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

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

The memoirs I love are all very intense. If you're going to do a memoir and protect yourself, what the hell's the point? Just do fiction.