Gary Shteyngart (born Igor Semyonovich Shteyngart; July 5, 1972) is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR. Much of his work is satirical. Read full biography of Gary Shteyngart →
I like the map feature on the iPhone that tells me where I am, because I travel a lot.
I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will write it.
I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system.
When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool... →
Without humor, I cannot go on and I doubt many of my readers would go on either. Humor is so important. I am here to have fun here with my work.
A lot of the ways of advertising a book - the cover, whether somebody sees it on a subway or sees it in a bookstore - those things are going to... →
I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great... →
I took an acting class with Louise Lasser, Woody Allen's first wife and co-star in many movies. I've done some other indie films, if you look... →
In a strange way, I expected Russia to become more like America since the Soviet Union collapsed, but the reverse is true. America has become more... →
I don't have many possessions, apart from my books.
In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're... →
Gary Shteyngart (born Igor Semyonovich Shteyngart; July 5, 1972) is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR. Much of his work is satirical.