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“Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another.”

Quote by Jonathan Lethem

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Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Lethem is an American novelist known for his distinctive literary style and profound thematic explorations. His works often blend elements of science fiction, fantasy, and realism, delving into themes such as identity, memory, and urban culture. more

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“The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to accept John Wayne as an actor, but he's a poet in black and white.”

Looks Film Actors Black White Accepting Watches Poet Giants Black And White Wayne

Author:Jonathan Lethem

“The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it's a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory.”

Kind Book Spiritual Memories Levels Tricks Insane Autobiography Fragments Collages

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“The past is still visible. The buildings haven't changed, the layout of the streets hasn't changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around.”

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“What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.”

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Author:Jonathan Lethem

“I’ve always been uninterested in boundaries or quarantines between tastes and types, between mediums and genres.”

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“Writing is a private discipline, in a field of companions.”

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Author:Jonathan Lethem

“You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning.”

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Author:Jonathan Lethem

“I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.”

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Author:Jonathan Lethem

“You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don't want to invite anyone inside.”

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Book:Bright Lights, Big City

Source: Bright Lights, Big City

“You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the universal solvent, stop grieving. You will learn to compound happiness out of small increments of mindless pleasure.”

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Book:Bright Lights, Big City

Source: Bright Lights, Big City