Amy Hempel
Amy Hempel
Amy Hempelis an American short story writer and journalist. She teaches creative writing at Bennington College and University of Florida...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth14 December 1951
CountryUnited States of America
leader good-leader following
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
bigs come-up mediums
I'm not good at small talk; I'm not good at big talk; and medium talk just doesn't come up.
wanted
Just once in my life--oh, when have I ever wanted anything just once in my life?
dream needs
Dreams: the place most of us get what we need.
panic rational
I get rational when I panic.
telling-the-truth
I leave a lot out when I tell the truth
good-night dog children
Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the porch, absently picking ticks engorged like grapes off the sleeping dogs. And when the men kissed the women good night, and their weekend whiskers scratched the women's cheeks, the women did not think shave, they thought stay.
sentences moved
I moved through the days like a severed head that finishes a sentence.
exaggerated
I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.
waiting remember enjoy
He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them.
opportunity preparation luck
There's no such thing as luck. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.
night sea land
A five-hour flight works out to three days and nights on land, by rail, from sea to shining sea. You can chalk off the hours on the back of the seat ahead. But seventy-some hours will not seem so long to you if you tell yourself first: This is where I am going to be for the rest of my natural life.
love-is calling
I thought, my love is so good, why isn't it calling the same thing back.
beer car gone
When the beer is gone, so are they -- flexing their cars on up the boulevard.