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“You should not really entertaining anyone else, but trying to be yourself, because there are already more good books than you or I could ever read in our lifetime.”

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Jonathan Dee

Jonathan Dee is an American novelist born in 1962. His works are known for their nuanced psychological portrayals and profound social insights, primarily exploring the lives and values of the American middle class. more

“I hesitate to say yes - I had writer's block, because I know there are people who've had really serious cases of it, and I've never been paralyzed like that, but I definitely get blocked sometimes. More than periods where I don't write anything, I have periods where I just write junk and I know I'm writing junk but I can't stop.”

People Writing Sometimes Serious Block Blocked

Author:Jonathan Dee

“The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write a bad sentence on the computer, then it's very tempting to go back and fidget with it and spend another 20 minutes trying to make it into a good sentence. When you're handwriting, you really just have to move on.”

Writing Trying Moving Nice Computer Keep Going

Author:Jonathan Dee

“I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.”

People Trying Not Interested Provoking Consoling

Author:Martin Kippenberger

“In high school, I had a teacher there who was really great to me and with whom I finally dared to admit I wanted to be a writer myself, and we did a project where I wrote terrible, 17-year-old fiction. But I remember a couple of the stories. I'd love it if I could read with pride something that I wrote that long ago, but it hasn't happened yet.”

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Author:Jonathan Dee