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Jonathan Ames

American Author

Born: Mar 23, 1964

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I don't mind being ridiculed - well, I guess I would mind a little, but it would only last a few minutes - it's all very ephemeral; it doesn't really matter what people think of me. Jonathan Ames

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I have very few hobbies. In fact, I have no hobbies. Jonathan Ames

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I don't like rides. I take everything in life quite literally, and so I genuinely feel terrified on rides and liable to vomit at any moment, and I hate to vomit even more than I fear rides. Jonathan Ames

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I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write. Jonathan Ames

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I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me. Jonathan Ames

Me People Perception More Self-Conscious Than Much Actually Shy

Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place. Jonathan Ames

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There's no shortage of material in life. Jonathan Ames

Life Material Shortage

Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human population of the world. But in my little, soft realm of trying to amuse a few dozen middle-class people with my books and articles, I did struggle to survive in my own way. Jonathan Ames

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I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way. Jonathan Ames

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For me, the past is dead. Can't go back. Jonathan Ames

Me Past Back Dead Go

I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way. Jonathan Ames

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As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that. Jonathan Ames

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When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me that I could take an aspect of myself, and from that one bit of personality, I can create a character. This is what I have done, particularly in my novels. Jonathan Ames

I wish I was the kind of writer who would go to a war zone and write about something that's meaningful and important to people, but that's not my area of coverage. Jonathan Ames

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Now, all writing - all the arts - are a form of 'Pay attention to me,' but there's also the flip side. Like, I want to give something. Let me entertain you, let me amuse you, let me try to please you with this thing I've made. And then pay attention to me. Jonathan Ames

The reason it's hard for me to tweet is I don't want to pronounce anything, and Twitter is for pronouncing. Jonathan Ames

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Twitter is so severe, you know? And it's completely for free, it's scattershot, and it's very easy to feel embarrassed. It's hard to be artful with it. It's like a ticker tape. It's not a forum that's worth mastering, you know? Jonathan Ames

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I promote my own self-hatred. Jonathan Ames

Own Promote My Own

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