My target audience is anyone who finds the world interesting and human behavior fascinating, terrible, inspiring, funny, and occasionally, mysterious. Amy Bloom audiencebehaviorfascinate Change image and share on social
If the characters are not alive to me, it doesn't matter how good the sentences are. It just becomes all cake and no frosting. Amy Bloom alivecakecharacter Change image and share on social
If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; this is our game, people! We have more than two hundred years of know-how and knack, of creativity. Amy Bloom americanbaseballcreativity Change image and share on social
As children, we think our mother has always been a mother, but it is just one of the roles you may have the opportunity to play. They don't define you as a human being. Amy Bloom childdefinehuman Change image and share on social
Keep your mouth shut and see what's happening around you. Don't finish people's sentences for them. Don't just hear what they say, but also how they behave while they're saying it. That was great training for writing. Amy Bloom behavefinishgreat share on social
Whenever you see shrinks on television, they're so clearly written by patients. They're either idealized or they're demonized or they love their patients. All they ever think about is their patients. Amy Bloom demonizeidealizelove Change image and share on social
