Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg
money
No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.
connect people social ways
Social media can connect you with other people in so many wonderful ways - but it can also make you really sick of yourself.
The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.
I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place.
core food love loving
Food and love are all intertwined at our core level. It can be a very nurturing, wonderful, loving thing.
bookstores clearly dig friendly love people totally upfront work
It should be said upfront that I totally dig people who work in bookstores and libraries. They love books, and I love books, and that is all I really need to know. If they are friendly to me, then we are clearly soul mates.
interested people problem
I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.
I was fat because I lived in the Midwest in the 1970s, and everyone was a little fat then and only getting fatter.
I'm a really selfish person. But I would do anything for my friends.