Gary Shteyngart Writing Quotations

I write five, six days a week. The thing is capturing the voice. I feel like I've been perfecting one voice - in different iterations, sure, but the Russian-ness has always been the undercurrent.

Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean you have to write for the Academy. Be true to your personality. Don't temper your personality down with words. Don't build defensive fortresses around yourself with words - words are your friends.

Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart.

The only way to write about right now is to write about the future.

People always write on my Facebook that they've seen somebody they thought was me on the subway, and I was cursing badly.

Asthmatic immigrant learns to breathe by writing.