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> [“If I were ever asked by some young, sensitive writer just starting out, what key lesson I've learned in life (which I'll never be), I'd probably say that there is no aperture of egress, however tiny and exquisitely sensitive, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/if-i-were-ever-asked-by-some-young-sensitive-writer-just-starting-out/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

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## More by Mark Leyner

> [People have no idea how much work it is for a man to produce an ejaculation. You have this seminal vesicle churning out this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/people-have-no-idea-how-much-work-it-is-for-a-man-to-produce-an/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [“Yes, the hermitage is underground--miles beneath the surface of Antarctica. And yes, Ike refers to it as unten--literally 'under' or 'below.' But, hello, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/yes-the-hermitage-is-underground-miles-beneath-the-surface-of/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [I was an infinitely hot and dense dot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/i-was-an-infinitely-hot-and-dense-dot/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [“One of the things about Ike that makes him so indisputably a hero is that he doesn't leave his own contradictions to the effete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/one-of-the-things-about-ike-that-makes-him-so-indisputably-a-hero-is/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [“I also think my mom 'suffers' from something one might call Pollyanna's paranoia, an irrational suspicion that there are people out there secretly trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/i-also-think-my-mom-suffers-from-something-one-might-call-pollyanna-s/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [“There are enigmas that we can gnaw on throughout our lives from which we derive sustenance, some kind of spiritual nourishment...I'm thinking of certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/there-are-enigmas-that-we-can-gnaw-on-throughout-our-lives-from-which/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [I'm fascinated with video games, though I can't really play them. It's definitely an art form that intrigues me to no end, though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/i-m-fascinated-with-video-games-though-i-can-t-really-play-them-it-s/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/my-relationship-with-my-readers-is-somewhat-theatrical-one-of-the/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [“Do it, my fellow Americans! Do it for every adolescent anomic skank genius cloistered in his room, getting cranked, rabidly humping his sampler as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/do-it-my-fellow-americans-do-it-for-every-adolescent-anomic-skank/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [“fate is the ultimate preexisting condition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/fate-is-the-ultimate-preexisting-condition/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/as-far-as-what-i-do-my-value-as-a-writer-is-certainly-not-to-try-to/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/i-always-thought-of-my-work-as-being-animated-by-a-spirit-of-unhinged/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [“I really think this kind of consensual cannibalism is such a perfect analogue for the reciprocal relationship between writer and reader, and especially between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/i-really-think-this-kind-of-consensual-cannibalism-is-such-a-perfect/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [It's in great joy that we grasp truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/it-s-in-great-joy-that-we-grasp-truth/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

> [I think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-leyner/i-think-of-memory-as-a-game-that-is-as-something-one-engages-in-with/)

[Mark Leyner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-leyner/)

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