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Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart

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Birthday: July 5, 1972

Educated At: Hunter College, Stuyvesant High School, Oberlin College

Nationality: United States, United States Of America

Occupations: Journalist, Writer

Total quotes: 1

“I write because there is nothing as joyful as writing, even when the writing is twisted and full of hate, the self-hate that makes writing not only possible but necessary. I hate myself, I hate the people around me, but what I crave is the fulfillment of some ideal.”

— Gary Shteyngart, Little Failure: A Memoir

Tagged: Self-hatred, Writing, Fulfillment

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