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Jonathan Lethem quotes about learning

American Writer February 19, 1964

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When I was a boy I used to love pizza, and whenever my father took me to the pizzeria I'd order two slices. And I'd sit and he'd watch me wolfing down the first slice with my eyes on the second. I wasn't even tasting that first slice. And one day my father said to me, "Son, you need to learn that while you're eating the first slice of pizza, eat the first slice. Because right now you're eating the second slice before you've finished the first. Jonathan Lethem
The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to accept John Wayne as an actor, but he's a poet in black and white. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction -..."
I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary?"
What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary? Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply whats..."
The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply whats taken you so long to learn (Kissing The Beehive) Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I'm learning to hate the sound of my own voice."
I'm learning to hate the sound of my own voice. Jonathan Lethem

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