Jami Attenberg Quotes

United States, Writer
1971

Jami Attenberg (born 1971 in Arlington Heights, Illinois) is an American fiction writer and essayist. She is the author of a short story collection and five novels, including best-seller The Middlesteins.

Also known as Essayist, Author

I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate.

Jami Attenberg
- Parents
Sadly, e-mail has triggered the decline of the handwritten note; I have seen its near-disappearance in my lifetime.

Jami Attenberg

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

Jami Attenberg
- Ocean
Listen: I'm OK cute. I'm no stunner.

Jami Attenberg
- Cute
In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.

Jami Attenberg
- People
- Positive
Maybe I wouldn't hit three fast food restaurants in a day, but I could hit one in a day. I try not to do that.

Jami Attenberg
- Food
The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.

Jami Attenberg
- Interesting
In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

Jami Attenberg

I kind of want to be seen as an American writer, not just a New York writer.

Jami Attenberg
- American