I feel safe with him because he is so not my ideal and I feel like I can be myself because I'm not in love with him.
Gary ShteyngartWe're people of the Orient. We know everything. And what we don't know, we can sense.
Gary ShteyngartBefore my first novel, I was dating a woman who later went to prison for bashing a guy with a hammer.
Gary ShteyngartIn America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great.
Gary ShteyngartDo not throw away your heart. Keep your heart. Your heart is all that matters ... Throw away your ancestors! ... Throw away your shyness and the anger that lies just a few inches beneath ... Accept the truth! And if there is more than one truth, then learn to do the difficult work -- learn to choose. You are good enough, you are HUMAN ENOUGH, to choose!
Gary Shteyngart