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Jonathan Franzen quotes

American Novelist August 17, 1959

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...advancing through my schedule without volition, feeling more and more like the graphical lozenge on a media player's progress bar. Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen quote: "Alfred believed that the real and the true were a minority..."
Alfred believed that the real and the true were a minority that the world was bent on exterminating. Jonathan Franzen
I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process more or less unpleasant, but if I know what I'm doing it rattles along, then the rewrite whips it into shape rather quickly. Jonathan Franzen
If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk about themselves, the way the conceive of themselves, it's very hard to ignore drugs nowadays, because that is so much part of the conversation. Jonathan Franzen
Imagine that human existence is defined by an Ache: the Ache of our not being, each of us, the center of the universe; of our desires forever outnumbering our means of satisfying them. Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen quote: "Nothing got inside the head without becoming pictures."
Nothing got inside the head without becoming pictures. Jonathan Franzen
compliments were like a beverage she was unconsciously smart enough to deny herself even one drop of, because her thirst for them was infinite. Jonathan Franzen
I feel as if I'm clearly part of a trend among writers who take themselves seriously - and I confess to taking myself as seriously as the next writer. Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen quote: "Use well thy freedom."
Use well thy freedom. Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen quote: "That was the way most people were - stupid."
That was the way most people were - stupid. Jonathan Franzen
You encountered a misery near the end of the day and it took a while to gauge its full extent. Some miseries had sharp curvature and could be negotiated readily. Others had almost no curvature and you knew you'd be spending hours turning the corner. Great whopping-big planet-sized miseries. Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen quote: "The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how..."
The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. Jonathan Franzen
When the sex is persuasively rendered, it tends to read autobiographically, and there are limits to my desire for immersion in a stranger's biochemistry. Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen quote: "What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't..."
What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive. Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen quote: "For every reader who dies today, a viewer is born, and we seem..."
For every reader who dies today, a viewer is born, and we seem to be witnessing . . . the final tipping balance. Jonathan Franzen

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