Jenna Blum Quotes

Most Famous Jenna Blum Quotes of All Time!

We have created a collection of some of the best jenna-blum quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 Jenna Blum Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Hometown
|
Nov 07, 2020

I've been fascinated with severe weather since I was four, when I saw a tornado at night in my mom and grandmother's southeast Minnesota hometown while everyone else was asleep - an experience I encoded in 'The Stormchasers.'

Mom
|
Nov 07, 2020

When I lived in Minneapolis in my twenties, and my mom lived there, too, I used to take her 'storm chasing' - by which I mean I'd see a pulsing blob of radar on The Weather Channel and make her drive us toward the storm.

Family
|
Nov 07, 2020

I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I've watched them struggle with the disorder's extreme moods and often devastating consequences.

I Am
|
Nov 07, 2020

Grub Street Writers is the reason I've stayed in Boston. I started teaching for Grub back in 1997, when founder Eve Bridburg, a Boston University M.A. alumna, as I am, kindly gave me my first job out of grad school.

Dad
|
Nov 07, 2020

My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in!

Foundation
|
Nov 07, 2020

My novella, 'The Lucky One,' is inspired in part by my dad and also by a Holocaust survivor I interviewed for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation.

Daily
|
Nov 07, 2020

'The Lucky One' features a young concentration camp survivor named Peter Rashkin - who's about the age my dad was when he started at CBS - working at the Oyster Bar, trying to acclimate to his new country and outrun the memories of the daily he left behind.

Lovely
|
Nov 07, 2020

I was married when I was in my early twenties, and my former husband, an absolutely lovely man, didn't get the writing thing.

My Life
|
Nov 07, 2020

All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way.

Success
|
Nov 07, 2020

The success of 'Those Who Save Us' had an interesting effect on the writing of 'The Stormchasers.'

Feel
|
Nov 07, 2020

I have a brother I love dearly, although we're not twins! I'm ten years older than he is, so I sometimes feel like his second mother.

Book
|
Nov 07, 2020

Unlike writing a book, which can take several years, baking is instant gratification.

Hat
|
Nov 07, 2020

I was a hostess, a waitress, a cafe manager, and a prep chef. For one job, I had to wear a hat shaped like a head of garlic.

Started
|
Nov 07, 2020

I started writing when I was 4.

Day
|
Nov 07, 2020

I have to read once a day, or I become cranky.

Diversity
|
Nov 07, 2020

As a white, female, half-Jewish writer, when I read 'The Underground Railroad,' it reminded me that America isn't just the sort of Sesame Street that I grew up with that tolerated and embraced diversity in the Northeast, but in fact was built on the foundation of slavery.

Next
|
Nov 07, 2020

When I was reading 'The Underground Railroad,' I had to actually hold my hand over the right-hand page so I wouldn't see, by mistake, what was coming up next - it was so suspenseful. it's really masterful.

Dreaded
|
Nov 07, 2020

Procrastination: as endemic to and dreaded by writers as writers' block.

Like
|
Nov 07, 2020

Make a list of activities that keep you tethered to your creative world, and put it where you can see it every day - like, right in the center of your image board.

Guys, we are trying to share Unique Jenna Blum Quotes, so you will not get to read the same things again and again on our website. You can also share your favorites on Facebook or send them to a friend who loves to reading quotes.

Famous Topics

Top 10 quotes