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I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Because Birthday Cake Childhood Complicated Day Happy Happy Birthday Just Like Load More Something Symbol Symbolic Tempting Than

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Large meadows are lovely for picnics and romping, but they are for the lighter feelings. Meadows do not make me want to write.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Feelings Large Lighter Lovely Make Me Picnic Want Write

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When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Beautifully Body Feel Feel Good Good Interestingly Language Rejuvenating Treated

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As a kid, I liked making up stories, and I wrote a story about a kangaroo and a bat with Christy Chang, and she went on to become a surgeon.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: About Bat Become Kangaroo Kid Liked Making Making Up She Stories Story Surgeon Up Wrote

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Some creative writing programs seem evil, but my experience at Irvine was totally the opposite, where I feel like they were really good at focusing in on each writers voice and setting. When I felt like I was obligated to write a story that was more typical, no one really liked it.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Creative Creative Writing Each Evil Experience Feel Felt Focusing Good Like Liked More Obligated Opposite Programs Really Seem Setting Some Story Totally Typical Voice Were Where Write Writers Writing I Feel I Feel Like

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I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: About Adolescence Exciting Fraught Horrible Kind Love Obsessed People Time Write I Love

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I noticed, when I taught elementary school, how true the squeaky wheel thing is, and how endearing squeaky wheels can be! Because when you're being a squeaky wheel, you're also really letting people know who you are.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Also Because Being Elementary Elementary School Endearing How Know Letting Noticed People Really School Taught Thing True Wheel Wheels Who You

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In terms of foods for me, I think I have more of the usual associations - foods from childhood that I associate with care and love, from relatives or special restaurants like the kind elderly man who dusted seasoning salt on French fries at the corner burger joint.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Associate Associations Burger Care Childhood Corner Elderly Foods French French Fries Fries Joint Kind Like Love Man Me More Relatives Restaurants Salt Special Terms Think Usual Who I Think

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I liked Hans Christian Andersen because the tales were so dark and tragic.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Because Christian Dark Liked Tales Tragic Were

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I don't eschew autobiographical writing, but I'm not interested in mine to be so straightforward. The things that tend to move me the most are often those that I have to figure out its meaning for myself. The human being's ability to make a metaphor to describe a human experience is just really cool.

~Aimee Bender

Topics: Ability Autobiographical Being Cool Describe Experience Figure Human Human Experience Interested Just Make Me Meaning Metaphor Mine Most Move Myself Not Interested Often Out Really Straightforward Tend Things Those Writing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: June 28th, 1969

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