My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments. Amy Bloom ailmentdeathelderly share on social
My father would have been spectacularly ill-suited to working for an institution of any kind, and I suspect that, to a lesser degree, that's true of me, too. Amy Bloom degreefatherill Change image and share on social
Plays are wonderfully different than short stories, first because it's a story that's on a stage, but there's a different sort of tension that appears on stage - you get to see your characters in a different way - like with lights. Amy Bloom appearcharacterlight share on social
I find my readers to be very smart, and there is no reason to write dumb. Amy Bloom dumbfindreader Change image and share on social
I do have a sister. I have never written much about sisters before. I am very close to my sister, but, maybe, because we are very close, it never occurred to me to write about her. Amy Bloom closeoccursister Change image and share on social
I learned how to write television scripts the same way I have learned to do almost everything else in my entire life, which is by reading. Amy Bloom entirelearnlife Change image and share on social
My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and a smart black suit, her notepad on a cocktail table. I know nothing about that woman. Amy Bloom beautifulblackcartwheel share on social
Smart people often talk trash about happiness and worse than trash about books on happiness, and they have been doing so for centuries - just as long as other people have been pursuing happiness and writing books about it. Amy Bloom badlybookcentury share on social
I've written the best work I know how. And I'm appreciative of the people who read it and care about the work - and that's pretty much the end of that. Amy Bloom appreciativecareend Change image and share on social
I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home. Amy Bloom apparentlyfancyhome Change image and share on social
