Top 60 Amy Hempel Quotes (2024 Update)
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Amy Hempel Quote: “Obviously, in journalism, you’re confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it’s in us. It makes things more interesting, a closer call. But journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one.”

51. “Obviously, in journalism, you’re confined to what happens. And the tendency to embellish, to mythologize, it’s in us. It makes things more interesting, a closer call. But journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.”

52. “An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That’s the kind of thing that turns my heart right over.”

53. “Since his mother died I have seen him steam a cucumber thinking it was zucchini. That’s the kind of thing that turns my heart right over.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We’ve read our Shakespeare.”

54. “Look at me. My concerns-are they spiritual, do you think, or carnal? Come on. We’ve read our Shakespeare.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would recognize that and it would please her.”

55. “I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would recognize that and it would please her.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them.”

56. “He could not wait to get rid of them so he could enjoy remembering them.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.”

57. “For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “I read about a famous mystery writer who worked for one week in a department store. One day she saw a woman come in and buy a doll. The mystery writer found out the woman’s name, and took a bus to New Jersey to see where the woman lived. That was all. Years later, she referred to this woman as the love of her life. It is possible to imagine a person so entirely that the image resists attempts to dislodge it.”

58. “I read about a famous mystery writer who worked for one week in a department store. One day she saw a woman come in and buy a doll. The mystery writer found out the woman’s name, and took a bus to New Jersey to see where the woman lived. That was all. Years later, she referred to this woman as the love of her life. It is possible to imagine a person so entirely that the image resists attempts to dislodge it.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “I am so suggestible. When Chatty asks if I am hungry, I say, “I could be.” I would try to become the woman you wanted without even knowing I was trying. As it is, I am barely the woman I am.”

59. “I am so suggestible. When Chatty asks if I am hungry, I say, “I could be.” I would try to become the woman you wanted without even knowing I was trying. As it is, I am barely the woman I am.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “We keep wanting people to be different.”

60. “We keep wanting people to be different.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “I leave a lot out when I tell the truth. The same when I write a story.”

61. “I leave a lot out when I tell the truth. The same when I write a story.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “Some of us are silent sufferers of a noisy disease.”

62. “Some of us are silent sufferers of a noisy disease.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “Here is what you do. You ease yourself into a tub of water, you ease yourself down. You lie back and wait for the ripples to smooth away. Then you take a deep breath, and slide your head under, and listen for the playfulness of your heart.”

63. “Here is what you do. You ease yourself into a tub of water, you ease yourself down. You lie back and wait for the ripples to smooth away. Then you take a deep breath, and slide your head under, and listen for the playfulness of your heart.”

Amy Hempel Quote: “At a certain point, it would seem, you have to stop caring, and stop trying to protect what someone else is set to destroy.”

64. “At a certain point, it would seem, you have to stop caring, and stop trying to protect what someone else is set to destroy.”

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