Quotes by Jonathan Franzen

It seems to me self-evident that if you have a life, things happen in it,...

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If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk...

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I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's...

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I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in...

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I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18...

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I was a late child from my parents, so I grew up surrounded by people...

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I voluntarily inflicted a certain level of insanity on myself.

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I used to think it was hard to write, and I still find the process...

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I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994.

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I look at my father, who was in many ways an unhappy person, but who,...

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Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.

#Dependence, #Idealism, #Marriage