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Jonathan Lethem quotes

American Writer February 19, 1964

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Jonathan Lethem quote: "Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all..."
Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and..."
I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "You can't be deep without a surface"
You can't be deep without a surface Jonathan Lethem
The alphabet Miss Poobner taught was represented on the wall above her head by a series of personified cartoonlike letters--Mr. A, Eating an Apple; Mrs. B, Buying a Broom; and so on--and something insipid about the parade of grinning letters defeated Dylan's will utterly. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "Some people have things written all over their faces; the big..."
Some people have things written all over their faces; the big guy had a couple of words misspelled in crayon on his. Jonathan Lethem
The Joker's henchmen break into the museum and empty the display cases; this occurs repeatedly, again and again: finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes a part of the exhibition. Jonathan Lethem
I'd have been a filmmaker or a cartoonist or something else which extended from the visual arts into the making of narratives if I hadn't been able to shift into fiction. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre..."
I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts. Jonathan Lethem
The wind was picking up off the ocean now and the whole coastal scene had a bleak, abandoned look, as though Maine in November really belonged to the ragged gulls who wheeled over the sun-worn pier, and the humans had just gotten the news and taken a powder. Jonathan Lethem
Picture us, five floating nudists in oxygen masks, ragged with fatigue and degrees of schock, squeezing the last beads of antifreeze from our hair. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I..."
It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want. 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
I've never related to the work geek at all-it sounds much more horrible than nerd. Like a freak biting a chicken's head off in a sideshow. Jonathan Lethem
The restaurant, Bongiorno's, was bad and didn't know it. Everything was presented with a passive-aggressive flourish, as though we probably weren't savvy enough to appreciate the oregano-heavy garlic bread, the individual bowls for olive pits, the starched napkins stuffed into our wineglasses, or the waiter's strained enunciation of a long list of specials. Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I raised that kid like I was running an egg-and-spoon race..."
I raised that kid like I was running an egg-and-spoon race through a minefield, and he was the egg. Jonathan Lethem

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