Andre Aciman Quotes

United States, Writer
January 2, 1951

André Aciman (born 2 January 1951) is an American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where he teaches the history of literary theory and the works of Marcel Proust.

I like to read the paper online. And I love email. And I love nothing better than to be interrupted.

Andre Aciman
I flew on a plane the week after 9/11.

Andre Aciman
Rituals are the building blocks of life, my way of cobbling an entire summer together from incidental wisps.

Andre Aciman
- Life
- Together
- Summer
I may write about place and displacement, but what I'm really writing about is dispersion, evasion, ambivalence: not so much a subject as a move in everything I write.

Andre Aciman
- Writing
- May
To those of us who have seen all of Eric Rohmer's films, it is impossible not to remember when, where, with whom we saw each one. I even remember the second and third time I saw his films.

Andre Aciman
- Time
- Remember
Chaste love happens all the time, far more frequently than adultery.

Andre Aciman
- Time