“If you can get by with quotes from The Godfather and nothing you say matters, that's pretty bleak, don't you think? Don't we want what we say to matter?” IfsThinkingWantMatterBleak Author:Joshua Ferris
“After I left college I thought, very naively, that either you became someone interesting - an artist - or you went into academia. If you ended up in an office you were dull and lacking. And I ended up in an office.” IfsArtistLeftInterestingCollegeOfficeDullLackingAcademia Author:Joshua Ferris
“Every time you hear someone read your book and liked your book, you're never sure whether that's going to follow with a similar remark from someone else. Perhaps I have low expectations, but whenever I hear someone say, 'I liked your book,' I don't know if it's going to happen again.” IfsKnowsBookHappensLowsExpectationsRemarksLow ExpectationsI Liked You Author:Joshua Ferris