quotes by Jonathan Ames

"I didn't think I was in a morbid mood, but it appears I am. My mind goes round and round trying to figure things out, but I always come back to the same two things: Loneliness and Death. Life ends before we figure anything out, most importantly how not to be lonely. Solitude is fine. But feeling like you have no one to love - abject lonliness - is not alright."
— Jonathan Ames (My Less Than Secret Life: A Diary, Fiction, Essays)

"Insightful and heartbreaking, but also wonderfully comedic in its gutsy honesty. A beautiful and powerful memoir."
— Jonathan Ames (What's Not to Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer)

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