Adam Mansbach Quotes

Adam Mansbach

Profession : Author

Birth : July 1, 1976

No one in my family has been observant for generations, but we all identify with being Jewish.

Adam Mansbach

Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.

Adam Mansbach

I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.

Adam Mansbach

Graffiti writers were the most interesting people in hip hop. They were the mad scientists, the mad geniuses, the weird ones.

Adam Mansbach

I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.

Adam Mansbach

When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.

Adam Mansbach