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Jonathan Lethem quotes

American Writer February 19, 1964

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Apparently Brooklyn needn't always push itself to be something else, something conscious and anxious, something pointed toward Manhattan.... Brooklyn might sometimes also be pleased, as here on Flatbush, to be its grubby, enduring self. Jonathan Lethem
My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous amounts of visual information in my work. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "The revving heart of my hopefulness, kicked into gear anew, is..."
The revving heart of my hopefulness, kicked into gear anew, is the most precious thing about me, I refuse to vilify it. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "It was good while it was good."
It was good while it was good. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "Sleepwalkers, leave other sleepwalkers alone!"
Sleepwalkers, leave other sleepwalkers alone! Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "The key to mostly anything is pretending your first time *isn't*."
The key to mostly anything is pretending your first time *isn't*. 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
I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced. Jonathan Lethem
...Paranoid art, unlike paranoid persons, also distrusts itself. And so, paranoid art is the ultimate opposite, the urgent opposite, of complacent art. 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: "You could grow up in the city where history was made and still..."
You could grow up in the city where history was made and still miss it all. Jonathan Lethem
I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy. Jonathan Lethem
Grips slipped. Hers had from every surface. She's shaped nothing after all, only been crushed and reshaped. No wonder she felt for the brownstones, the cripples, now filling chaotically with no regard for her plan. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "His recording career spans just a decade: Rude was silenced by..."
His recording career spans just a decade: Rude was silenced by drug abuse and domestic tragedy at the end of the '70s. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I jotted the name down mentally on that tattered notepad I..."
I jotted the name down mentally on that tattered notepad I call a memory. The pen skipped. Jonathan Lethem

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