Jami Attenberg Book Quotations

It's good to try stuff. I wrote a book that I threw away, and I think I just wrote it so I could try stuff in it and not be scared

My laptop broke and because of the storm I could not get a new one. And so I've been promoting my book via iPhone.

I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I was writing my first book one of my friends was going to grad school at the same time and I heard a lot of stories about drinking, too. I feel like everyone was having affairs.

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend.

My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book.

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women.