I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.
Discomfort is very much part of my master plan. - Jonathan Lethem
Discomfort is very much part of my master plan.
- Jonathan Lethem
When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved. - Jonathan Lethem
When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved.
Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time. - Jonathan Lethem
Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.
There's something about the rhythms of language that correspond to the rhythms of our own bodies. - Jonathan Lethem
There's something about the rhythms of language that correspond to the rhythms of our own bodies.
Life is fundamentally up for grabs - Jonathan Lethem
Life is fundamentally up for grabs
Reading and writing are the same thing; it's just one's the more active and the other's the more passive. They flow into each other. - Jonathan Lethem
Reading and writing are the same thing; it's just one's the more active and the other's the more passive. They flow into each other.
Art is about eliminating almost everything in order to focus on the thing that you need to talk about. - Jonathan Lethem
Art is about eliminating almost everything in order to focus on the thing that you need to talk about.
All paths lead nowhere; choose one with heart... - Jonathan Lethem
All paths lead nowhere; choose one with heart...
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
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.
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