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Jonathan Lethem Quotes

I’ve had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I’ve seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way Picture Quote #1

It was only as I wrote about it that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then Picture Quote #1

It’s now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want Picture Quote #1

Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We’re all nerds, on one subject or another Picture Quote #1

The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it’s a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory Picture Quote #1

The past is still visible. The buildings haven’t changed, the layout of the streets hasn’t changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around Picture Quote #1

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What’s lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark Picture Quote #1

As I get older I find that the friendships that are the most certain, ultimately, are the ones where you and the other person have made substantial amounts of money for one another Picture Quote #1

Those promises we make to ourselves when we are younger, about how we mean to conduct our adult lives, can it be true we break every last one of them? All except for one, I suppose: the promise to judge ourselves by those standards, the promise to remember the child who would be so appalled by compromise, the child who would find jadedness wicked Picture Quote #1

It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed Picture Quote #1

You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all Picture Quote #1

My heart, to put it more simply, got nostalgic for the present. Always a bad sign Picture Quote #1

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Some people have things written all over their faces; the big guy had a couple of words misspelled in crayon on his Picture Quote #1

... Don’t rupture another’s illusion unless you’re positive the alternative you offer is more worthwhile than that from which you’re wrenching them. Interrogate your solipsism: Does it offer any better a home than the delusions you’re reaching to shatter? Picture Quote #1

Apologies aren’t something you want to get in the habit of practicing in the mirror Picture Quote #1

Consensual reality is both fragile and elastic, and it heals like the skin of a bubble Picture Quote #1

It wasn’t for children, seventh grade. You could read the stress of even entering the building in the postures of the teachers, the security guards. Nobody could relax in such a racial and hormonal disaster area Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been uninterested in boundaries or quarantines between tastes and types, between mediums and genres Picture Quote #1

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However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be unable to remain in standing position for the duration of the story Picture Quote #1

You discovered yourself and what really mattered only after you passed through the lens of the fairy tale, imposed on every human female and male alike, that someone existed out in the forest of the world for you to love and marry Picture Quote #1

In the sea of words, the in print is foam, surf bubbles riding the top. And it’s a dark sea, and deep, where divers need lights on their helmets and would perish at the lower depths Picture Quote #1

I don’t really ask of myself a given word or page count or number of hours. To work every day, that’s my only fetish. And there is a physical quality to it when a novel is thriving Picture Quote #1

Writing is physical for me. I always have the sense that the words are coming out of my body, not just my mind Picture Quote #1

So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I’m hearing in my head. It takes a lot of work, writing, writing, and rewriting to get the music exactly the way you want it to be Picture Quote #1

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I’m a firm believer that there are no rules in art. Every trajectory is different Picture Quote #1

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle Picture Quote #1

Once you fall into habits, I think, you’re dead as an artist. You have to challenge yourself and never rest on your laurels, never think about what you’ve done in the past Picture Quote #1

The world’s large enough and interesting enough to take a different approach each time you sit down to write about it Picture Quote #1

What’s beautiful about art is that it circumscribes a space, a physical and mental space. If you try to put the entire world into every page, you turn out chaos Picture Quote #1

Art is about eliminating almost everything in order to focus on the thing that you need to talk about Picture Quote #1

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I’ve had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I’ve seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) It was only as I wrote about it that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) It’s now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We’re all nerds, on one subject or another (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it’s a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) The past is still visible. The buildings haven’t changed, the layout of the streets hasn’t changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) What’s lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) As I get older I find that the friendships that are the most certain, ultimately, are the ones where you and the other person have made substantial amounts of money for one another (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Those promises we make to ourselves when we are younger, about how we mean to conduct our adult lives, can it be true we break every last one of them? All except for one, I suppose: the promise to judge ourselves by those standards, the promise to remember the child who would be so appalled by compromise, the child who would find jadedness wicked (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) My heart, to put it more simply, got nostalgic for the present. Always a bad sign (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Some people have things written all over their faces; the big guy had a couple of words misspelled in crayon on his (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) ... Don’t rupture another’s illusion unless you’re positive the alternative you offer is more worthwhile than that from which you’re wrenching them. Interrogate your solipsism: Does it offer any better a home than the delusions you’re reaching to shatter? (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Apologies aren’t something you want to get in the habit of practicing in the mirror (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Consensual reality is both fragile and elastic, and it heals like the skin of a bubble (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) It wasn’t for children, seventh grade. You could read the stress of even entering the building in the postures of the teachers, the security guards. Nobody could relax in such a racial and hormonal disaster area (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) I’ve always been uninterested in boundaries or quarantines between tastes and types, between mediums and genres (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be unable to remain in standing position for the duration of the story (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) You discovered yourself and what really mattered only after you passed through the lens of the fairy tale, imposed on every human female and male alike, that someone existed out in the forest of the world for you to love and marry (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) In the sea of words, the in print is foam, surf bubbles riding the top. And it’s a dark sea, and deep, where divers need lights on their helmets and would perish at the lower depths (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) I don’t really ask of myself a given word or page count or number of hours. To work every day, that’s my only fetish. And there is a physical quality to it when a novel is thriving (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Writing is physical for me. I always have the sense that the words are coming out of my body, not just my mind (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I’m hearing in my head. It takes a lot of work, writing, writing, and rewriting to get the music exactly the way you want it to be (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) I’m a firm believer that there are no rules in art. Every trajectory is different (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Once you fall into habits, I think, you’re dead as an artist. You have to challenge yourself and never rest on your laurels, never think about what you’ve done in the past (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) The world’s large enough and interesting enough to take a different approach each time you sit down to write about it (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) What’s beautiful about art is that it circumscribes a space, a physical and mental space. If you try to put the entire world into every page, you turn out chaos (Jonathan Lethem Quotes) Art is about eliminating almost everything in order to focus on the thing that you need to talk about (Jonathan Lethem Quotes)

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