“I happen to be a 64-year-old woman who lives in Manhattan, so on and s...” — Deborah Eisenberg Quote

“I happen to be a 64-year-old woman who lives in Manhattan, so on and so forth, but am I the sum total of my sort of bodily coordinates? Well, of course not.”

“It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it.”

“I actually came to New York because it was very tolerant. You know, it seems preposterous, ludicrous thing to say in an interview, but I came for the anonymity particularly.”

“There are a lot of things you learn from playing wide. You also understand the way that you can coordinate with the front three or front two.”

“I'm in professional wrestling, which is what I do for a living. I coordinate stunts. I memorize them.”

“Technically I don't play sports because I have two left feet and I cannot coordinate and my motor skills are a bit 'out of whack.'”