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Philipp Meyer Quotes

I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is the West Picture Quote #1

I’d grown up in a working class neighborhood in Baltimore, a place hard hit by the offshoring of numerous heavy industries - steel, textile, shipbuilding Picture Quote #1

When you look at ‘Grapes of Wrath,’ the weakest moments are those in which Steinbeck is spouting a political idea directly at the reader. The book’s real power comes from its slower, broader movement Picture Quote #1

If you’re always thinking about someone else’s work, about the tradition you’re working in, how can you possibly make anything good? Picture Quote #1

When you take the fact that you’re loved for granted, it frees your mind to go after every other thing there is Picture Quote #1

I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn’t pry away from me; that was the blanket Picture Quote #1

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I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents’ bookshelf Picture Quote #1

I should say that generally I’m a pretty happy person, but as soon as I’m done with a project, I’m usually not happy at all. I feel a little empty and strange. I begin to think about how I can get better, stretch more artistically and intellectually. My biggest worry is getting complacent Picture Quote #1

Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can’t be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write in one specific place. I’m in New York half the time and Texas half the time, and I work wherever - in my computer bag I have some foam ear plugs that I can put in Picture Quote #1

I’m interested in getting deep into a person’s consciousness and doing so in ways in which the narrator is secondary to the character’s own thoughts Picture Quote #1

Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing Picture Quote #1

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My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact Picture Quote #1

There’s a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves Picture Quote #1

When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we think of it as mythology, not as real people interacting with other real people, we ignore the cost of human lives and blood Picture Quote #1

At Cornell University, it was well known that after five years on Wall Street, you could expect to be making half a million a year in salary and bonus; after 10 years, you could expect a million or more. I had 60 grand of university debt, and my parents had no retirement. I needed that money Picture Quote #1

When you hold things back, when you don’t commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success Picture Quote #1

I thought that I would have a huge literary novel coming out when I was, like, 29. I quit my banking job, and I was halfway through my second novel - and I will never publish it, because it’s very mediocre Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t know much about Texas when I moved there for graduate school. In my first or second semester, I took a class in life and literature of the Southwest, and that’s where I first heard about these events along the border in 1915-1918, what Anglos called the Bandit Wars Picture Quote #1

Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments Picture Quote #1

After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was calling in sick in order to work on my novel Picture Quote #1

My parents have always been incredibly supportive. Even when I dropped out of high school, they said, ‘We trust you, we believe in you.’ Picture Quote #1

Each time a high-wage job is lost, a family is turned upside down. And that affects the communities where they live Picture Quote #1

My first published novel, American Rust, took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that Picture Quote #1

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We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of the top murder rates in the country in those days, I grew up hearing about how dangerous New York was Picture Quote #1

When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails Picture Quote #1

No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth Picture Quote #1

You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen Picture Quote #1

When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone, doing things that are physically or mentally demanding to keep myself busy until the next big idea comes Picture Quote #1

Nothing prepares you for making art except making art. You have to do it to get better Picture Quote #1

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I wanted to think about our creation myth; you know, what is the fundamental story that defines America. And it certainly is the West. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I’d grown up in a working class neighborhood in Baltimore, a place hard hit by the offshoring of numerous heavy industries - steel, textile, shipbuilding. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) When you look at ‘Grapes of Wrath,’ the weakest moments are those in which Steinbeck is spouting a political idea directly at the reader. The book’s real power comes from its slower, broader movement. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) If you’re always thinking about someone else’s work, about the tradition you’re working in, how can you possibly make anything good? (Philipp Meyer Quotes) When you take the fact that you’re loved for granted, it frees your mind to go after every other thing there is. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn’t pry away from me; that was the blanket. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents’ bookshelf. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I didn’t fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone else was a maths or economics major; most everyone else had relatives or family in banking. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I should say that generally I’m a pretty happy person, but as soon as I’m done with a project, I’m usually not happy at all. I feel a little empty and strange. I begin to think about how I can get better, stretch more artistically and intellectually. My biggest worry is getting complacent. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can’t be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write in one specific place. I’m in New York half the time and Texas half the time, and I work wherever - in my computer bag I have some foam ear plugs that I can put in. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I’m interested in getting deep into a person’s consciousness and doing so in ways in which the narrator is secondary to the character’s own thoughts. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing (Philipp Meyer Quotes) My ideal is to write most of the day, then go running, find friends and socialise all evening; my mind recharges with human contact. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) There’s a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we think of it as mythology, not as real people interacting with other real people, we ignore the cost of human lives and blood. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) At Cornell University, it was well known that after five years on Wall Street, you could expect to be making half a million a year in salary and bonus; after 10 years, you could expect a million or more. I had 60 grand of university debt, and my parents had no retirement. I needed that money. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) When you hold things back, when you don’t commit completely to your ideas and trust completely in your own instincts, you are guaranteeing your own failure - even if you end up having commercial success. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I thought that I would have a huge literary novel coming out when I was, like, 29. I quit my banking job, and I was halfway through my second novel - and I will never publish it, because it’s very mediocre. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) I didn’t know much about Texas when I moved there for graduate school. In my first or second semester, I took a class in life and literature of the Southwest, and that’s where I first heard about these events along the border in 1915-1918, what Anglos called the Bandit Wars. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments (Philipp Meyer Quotes) After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was calling in sick in order to work on my novel. (Philipp Meyer Quotes) My parents have always been incredibly supportive. Even when I dropped out of high school, they said, ‘We trust you, we believe in you.’ (Philipp Meyer Quotes) Each time a high-wage job is lost, a family is turned upside down. And that affects the communities where they live (Philipp Meyer Quotes) My first published novel, American Rust, took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that (Philipp Meyer Quotes) We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of the top murder rates in the country in those days, I grew up hearing about how dangerous New York was (Philipp Meyer Quotes) When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails (Philipp Meyer Quotes) No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth (Philipp Meyer Quotes) You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen (Philipp Meyer Quotes) When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone, doing things that are physically or mentally demanding to keep myself busy until the next big idea comes (Philipp Meyer Quotes) Nothing prepares you for making art except making art. You have to do it to get better (Philipp Meyer Quotes)