Maybe this is not a come-down-from-the-ledge story. But I tell it with the thought that the woman on the ledge will ask herself a question, the question that occurred to that man in Bogota. He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good?
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describ… - Amy Hempel
Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describ…
- Amy Hempel
I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story. - Amy Hempel
I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.
We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive. - Amy Hempel
We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.
For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time. - Amy Hempel
For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.
I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thri… - Amy Hempel
I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thri…
They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey. - Amy Hempel
They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.
An idea might spark an essay, but never a story. - Amy Hempel
An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.
I get rational when I panic. - Amy Hempel
I get rational when I panic.
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed. - Amy Hempel
Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
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