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Unfortunately, I'm one of those idiots who knows everything about health and is in a constant state of alarm, and yet I continue to do everything I shouldn't do.

Jonathan Ames

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.

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I'm on the verge of a total breakdown. Sciatica. Taxes. Cars. Fleas, possibly. It's an absurd existence.

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How terrible to be alcoholic. You just want to quietly soothe and maybe poison yourself, but you end up poisoning those around you as well, like trying to commit suicide with a gas oven and unwittingly murdering your neighbors.

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I grew up in northern New Jersey - the banlieue of New York - and I now live in Brooklyn. I am separated from my parents by about 50 miles, but really there is almost no distance between us. I speak to them nearly every day.

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There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.

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I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

Jonathan Ames

Jonathan Ames

Jonathan Ames

Born: March 23, 1964 (age 62)

Bio: Jonathan Ames is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs. He was a columnist for the New York Press for several years, and became known for self-deprecating tales of his sexual misadventures.

Known for:

Bored to Death (2009 – 2011)
Blunt Talk (2015 – 2016)
The Extra Man (2010)
The Great Buck Howard (2008)
Satan, Hold My Hand (2013)

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