Gary Shteyngart quotes - page 3

Also, I've spent an entire week without reading any books or talking about them too loudly. I'm learning to work my apparat's screen, the colourful pulsating mosaic of it, the fact that it knows every last stinking detail about the world, whereas my books only know the minds of their authors. (Gary Shteyngart)
I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious. View quote
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I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, they've made me feel like a human being and they gave me books that taught me English. View quote
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Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart. View quote
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I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated. View quote
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes. View quote
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about. View quote
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I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first couple of years, and then the inevitable decline begins. View quote
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America. View quote
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