In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great.
Gary ShteyngartBefore my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer.
Gary ShteyngartA lot of the ways of advertising a book - the cover, whether somebody sees it on a subway or sees it in a bookstore - those things are going to rapidly diminish as we move to an electronic model.
Gary ShteyngartMy first book really did change my life. It allowed me to fully express myself. There was a sense that I was worth something as an artist.
Gary Shteyngart