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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: Away Bottom Civilization Dive Got How Look Nose Notes Pool Swimming Swimming Pool Takes Taking You

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The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. There's never a need to feel lost anymore.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: About Am Anymore Best Feel Iphone Lost Me Need Never Tells Thing Time Where I Am

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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: Almost Bed Coffee Couch Creative Entirely Feel Feet Looking Most New New York Nice Out Skyline Table Up Views Window Write York I Feel I Write

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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: About Act Book Century Club Had Like Love Members Minor Pretentious Reading Russian Were Where 19Th Century

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I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: Apart Books Many Possessions

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In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: All Day America Avatar Cameron Day Emails Everyone Game James Long Make Make Up Messages Performing Reads Script Sending Some Text Think Tweets Up Video Video Game Which Writes Writing

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That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: About Always Delivery End Fiction Humour Liked Make Multiple Science Science Fiction System World You

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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: Dead Effective Lived Really Russia Still

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I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: Ambulance America Asthma Back Came Constantly Easily Even Growing Growing Up Had Horrible House Our Russia Sick Treated Up Very

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I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.

~Gary Shteyngart

Topics: Both Contemplation Entertainment Exist Fiction Force Just Remain Things Vital Want

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 5th, 1972

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