My test for writing is always, is this fun or does it feel like a job? Is it moving me? Or am I just fulfilling my own expectations - or even worse, somebody else's?
Jonathan Safran FoerThere is nothing wrong with compromising. Even if you compromise almost everything.
Jonathan Safran FoerI'm not better than anyone, and I'm not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what's right. I'm trying to convince them to live by their own.
Jonathan Safran FoerShe felt as if she were brimming, always producing and hoarding more love inside her. But there was no release.
Jonathan Safran Foer