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Joshua Ferris Quotes

I don’t write directly on to the computer because I don’t think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think better looking down holding a pen. And the concentration quotient of pen and paper is higher than when I’m moving words around on screen Picture Quote #1

The office is a romantic enabler because you’re always around the person you have a crush on. There’s no escape from, and maybe no desire to escape from, those pressure-cooker conditions. And there’s an automatic series of things you have to talk about all the time Picture Quote #1

I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and father have been married four times each - eight ceremonies with the best of intentions Picture Quote #1

I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act as individuals and nothing more, but time and again - in corporations and business, in politics and religion, in fashion and culture, and in friendships and social circles - we think and do as one Picture Quote #1

Every time you hear someone read your book and liked your book, you’re never sure whether that’s going to follow with a similar remark from someone else. Perhaps I have low expectations, but whenever I hear someone say, ‘I liked your book,’ I don’t know if it’s going to happen again Picture Quote #1

After I left college I thought, very naively, that either you became someone interesting - an artist - or you went into academia. If you ended up in an office you were dull and lacking. And I ended up in an office Picture Quote #1

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Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts Picture Quote #1

If you can get by with quotes from The Godfather and nothing you say matters, that’s pretty bleak, don’t you think? Don’t we want what we say to matter? Picture Quote #1

It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it’s inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns Picture Quote #1

The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense Picture Quote #1

Without work, so much of one’s identity just evaporates Picture Quote #1

To conform is to lose your soul Picture Quote #1

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I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

It is really irritating to work with irritating people Picture Quote #1

Things could be worse and things could be so much better Picture Quote #1

A dentist is only half the doctor he claims to be Picture Quote #1

A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth Picture Quote #1

I know what to do with my life. I just don’t know what to do with this one night Picture Quote #1

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We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy Picture Quote #1

We told him to get on with it. We liked wasting time, but almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on something not worth wasting it on Picture Quote #1

We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war Picture Quote #1

We found ourselves wanting to hurry time along, which was not in the long run good for our health. Everybody was trapped in this contradiction but nobody ever dared to articulate it Picture Quote #1

Why shouldn’t it be that way for the rest of us? Why not just go with it? Just walk the dog and send the tweets and eat the scones and play with the hamsters and ride the bicycles and watch the sunsets and stream the movies and never worry about any of it? I didn’t know it could be that easy. I didn’t know that until just now. That sounds good to me Picture Quote #1

One thing that I discovered about myself is I really don’t like traveling. I feel like it’s a terrible personal failing, but I was so satisfied to arrive at the conclusion Picture Quote #1

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My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game Picture Quote #1

I don’t write directly on to the computer because I don’t think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think better looking down holding a pen. And the concentration quotient of pen and paper is higher than when I’m moving words around on screen Picture Quote #1

We suffered failures of imagination just like everyone else, our daring was wanting, and our daily contentment too nearly adequate for us to give it up Picture Quote #1

I’ve always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable Picture Quote #1

I think it’s a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership Picture Quote #1

Everything was always something but something – and here was the rub – could never be everything Picture Quote #1

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I don’t write directly on to the computer because I don’t think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think better looking down holding a pen. And the concentration quotient of pen and paper is higher than when I’m moving words around on screen. (Joshua Ferris Quotes) The office is a romantic enabler because you’re always around the person you have a crush on. There’s no escape from, and maybe no desire to escape from, those pressure-cooker conditions. And there’s an automatic series of things you have to talk about all the time (Joshua Ferris Quotes) I come from a very illustrious line of divorces. We love to get divorced in my family. My mother and father have been married four times each - eight ceremonies with the best of intentions (Joshua Ferris Quotes) I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act as individuals and nothing more, but time and again - in corporations and business, in politics and religion, in fashion and culture, and in friendships and social circles - we think and do as one (Joshua Ferris Quotes) Every time you hear someone read your book and liked your book, you’re never sure whether that’s going to follow with a similar remark from someone else. Perhaps I have low expectations, but whenever I hear someone say, ‘I liked your book,’ I don’t know if it’s going to happen again (Joshua Ferris Quotes) After I left college I thought, very naively, that either you became someone interesting - an artist - or you went into academia. If you ended up in an office you were dull and lacking. And I ended up in an office (Joshua Ferris Quotes) Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts (Joshua Ferris Quotes) If you can get by with quotes from The Godfather and nothing you say matters, that’s pretty bleak, don’t you think? Don’t we want what we say to matter? (Joshua Ferris Quotes) It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it’s inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns (Joshua Ferris Quotes) The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense (Joshua Ferris Quotes) Without work, so much of one’s identity just evaporates (Joshua Ferris Quotes) To conform is to lose your soul (Joshua Ferris Quotes) I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer (Joshua Ferris Quotes) It is really irritating to work with irritating people (Joshua Ferris Quotes) Things could be worse and things could be so much better (Joshua Ferris Quotes) A dentist is only half the doctor he claims to be (Joshua Ferris Quotes) A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth (Joshua Ferris Quotes) I know what to do with my life. I just don’t know what to do with this one night (Joshua Ferris Quotes) We loved killing time and had perfected several ways of doing so. We wandered the hallways carrying papers that indicated some mission of business when in reality we were in search of free candy (Joshua Ferris Quotes) We told him to get on with it. We liked wasting time, but almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on something not worth wasting it on (Joshua Ferris Quotes) We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war (Joshua Ferris Quotes) We found ourselves wanting to hurry time along, which was not in the long run good for our health. Everybody was trapped in this contradiction but nobody ever dared to articulate it (Joshua Ferris Quotes) Why shouldn’t it be that way for the rest of us? Why not just go with it? Just walk the dog and send the tweets and eat the scones and play with the hamsters and ride the bicycles and watch the sunsets and stream the movies and never worry about any of it? I didn’t know it could be that easy. I didn’t know that until just now. That sounds good to me (Joshua Ferris Quotes) One thing that I discovered about myself is I really don’t like traveling. I feel like it’s a terrible personal failing, but I was so satisfied to arrive at the conclusion (Joshua Ferris Quotes) My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game (Joshua Ferris Quotes) I don’t write directly on to the computer because I don’t think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think better looking down holding a pen. And the concentration quotient of pen and paper is higher than when I’m moving words around on screen (Joshua Ferris Quotes) We suffered failures of imagination just like everyone else, our daring was wanting, and our daily contentment too nearly adequate for us to give it up (Joshua Ferris Quotes) I’ve always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable (Joshua Ferris Quotes) I think it’s a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership (Joshua Ferris Quotes) Everything was always something but something – and here was the rub – could never be everything (Joshua Ferris Quotes)

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