5 Quotes & Sayings By Jerry Stahl

Jerry Stahl is the author of the four-time Bank Street Best Book winner, Make Your Bed. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, GQ, and many other publications. He has also written for television shows including Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, and the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. He is an actor who has appeared on Law & Order and The West Wing Read more

He lives in New York City with his wife.

To me, God is like this happy bus driver.
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To me, God is like this happy bus driver. Jerry Stahl
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Destroy your life; then put it back together. You'll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and — side benefit — the skills you develop will give you greater compassion, insight and range with the people you create on the page — or run into off of it. Jerry Stahl
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Still... I would have hugged my mother if we were the kind of family who hugged. If touching her weren't impossible. If her subnightie waft was not so utterly, fatally repulsive. That's how much I loved her. Jerry Stahl
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Happiness, to me, was no different than Mom's paprikalaced domino bars: something that looked sweet until you took a bite, and then made you want to vomit. Jerry Stahl