There's no being wrong in seeing something in art, only being disagreed with. Jonathan Safran Foer on art
Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't. Jonathan Safran Foer on art
Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car. Jonathan Safran Foer on car
Maybe one day the world will change, that we'll be in a luxurious position of being able to debate whether or not it's inherently wrong to eat animals, but the question doesn't matter right now. Jonathan Safran Foer on change
When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not. Jonathan Safran Foer on change
The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed. Jonathan Safran Foer on change
I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food. Jonathan Safran Foer on change
Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us. Jonathan Safran Foer on experience
Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It's almost like a race-car driver having no input into how cars are designed. Jonathan Safran Foer on faith
I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things. Jonathan Safran Foer on family
The purpose of the Seder to my mind is to inspire conversations with your family about the human drama and hopefully transmit values to the next generation. I've always felt like this could be better. Jonathan Safran Foer on family
We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation. The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts. Jonathan Safran Foer on family
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. Jonathan Safran Foer on fear
I know lots and lots and lots of vegetarians who think it's perfectly all right to kill animals for food to eat, but don't do it because they think all the ways in which it's done are wrong. Jonathan Safran Foer on food
There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food. Jonathan Safran Foer on food
Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity. Jonathan Safran Foer on food
Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car. Jonathan Safran Foer on food
I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food. Jonathan Safran Foer on food
Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't. Jonathan Safran Foer on funny
The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism. Jonathan Safran Foer on funny