Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngartis an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR. Much of his work is satirical...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 July 1972
CountryUnited States of America
dream captivity anathema
freedom is anathema to dreams nurtured in captivity.
alcohol causes problem
Alcohol causes a lot of problems, and then to solve these problems, you drink more.
want world hungry
I am born hungry. Ravenous. I want to eat the world, and I can never be satiated.
fiction world ends
That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.
america russia unions
In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has become more like Russia: a kleptocratic society.
growing-up america russia
I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.
want entertainment fiction
I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
iphone needs lost
The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. Theres never a need to feel lost anymore.
nice fiction would-be
American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
growing-up thinking mortality
I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
writing way right-now
The only way to write about right now is to write about the future.
queens memories russia
I have a great memory. And actually, I remember Russia in some ways better than I remember Queens.
teenage love-you squares
I reveled in the smallness, the coziness of an upstairs bedroom in a traditional American Cape Cod house the half-floor that forces you to duck, to feel small and naive again, ready for anything, dying for love, your body a chimney filled with odd, black smoke. These square, squat, awkward rooms are like a fifty-square-foot paean to teenage-hood, to ripeness, to the first and last taste of youth.
communication enhancement telephones
Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.