I get a little myopic in the act of doing any writing. I think I'm not as interested or not as able to write about balance, because I think there's something I want to try to get at. I'm trying to get at something about the experience of growing up or about families.

Aimee Bender

Aimee Bender

Able About Act Any Balance Because Doing Experience Families Get Growing Growing Up I Think Interested Little Something Think Try Trying Up Want Write Writing

Related Quotes

I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

— Mae Whitman

AboutBrotherChild

I loved growing up in Montclair... I think it's grown and changed and embraced change.

— Warren Littlefield

ChangeChangedEmbraced

I think teaching keeps me honest because if I'm up in front of a class talking about what I think is important about fiction while knowing I myself have just failed to do that hours earlier at my computer - it's a good and humbling reminder.

— Aimee Bender

AboutBecauseClass

One thing I don't want to feel is marketplace pressure, so I'm really glad I enjoy teaching because I can rely on that for a salary. I think it would be such a different game if I had to write a book that has to sell well.

— Aimee Bender

BecauseBookDifferent

I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.

BringColorEvery