Gary Shteyngart Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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I have many, many gay friends.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I'm manic-depressive, technically bi-polar II with many borderline features.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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I'm a jeans fanatic. It's ridiculous how many jeans I have.
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I have anonymously helped many thousands.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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I never sue journalists. I employ journalists. I employ too many of them. I don't sue journalists.
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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
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Books played virtually no role in the polytheistic religions of the ancient Western world.
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I don't think I'm capable of writing without caffeine. And most of the time, that caffeine comes from iced tea.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.
