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> [As long as she was falling in love with me, I might as well start making her promises I didn't intend to keep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/as-long-as-she-was-falling-in-love-with-me-i-might-as-well-start/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/michael-chabon-627_art-making_as-long-as-she-was-falling-in-love-with_1794767.png)

> [I might spend 100 pages trying to get to know the world I'm writing about: its contours, who are my main characters, what are their relationships to each other, and just trying to get a sense of what and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/i-might-spend-100-pages-trying-to-get-to-know-the-world-i-m-writing/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41f/michael-chabon-627_art-making_i-might-spend-100-pages-trying-to-get-to_3226694.jpg)

## More by Michael Chabon

> [Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/entertainment-is-a-sacred-pursuit-when-done-well-when-done-well-it/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“Anyway, it's a pretty good story," I said. "You have to admit." "Yeah?" He crumpled up the Kleenex, having dispatched the solitary tear. "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/anyway-it-s-a-pretty-good-story-i-said-you-have-to-admit-yeah-he/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/there-were-so-many-pittsburgh-poets-in-my-hallway-that-if-at-that/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“Badass.'" My grandfather sampled the flavor of the word. It did not seem to revolt him, but it was nothing he needed ever to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/badass-my-grandfather-sampled-the-flavor-of-the-word-it-did-not-seem/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [See you in the funny papers," he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/see-you-in-the-funny-papers-he-said-jaunty-he-reminded-himself-always/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“I didn't want to be left alone with Timothy, not because I was afraid of him but because I was afraid that somebody would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/i-didn-t-want-to-be-left-alone-with-timothy-not-because-i-was-afraid/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“He had already seized this particular day once, but he was prepared, if need be, to go ahead and seize the motherfucker all over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/he-had-already-seized-this-particular-day-once-but-he-was-prepared-if/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“We figure he must have let him out. The perpetrator, I mean. He's blind and we figure he just wandered off and maybe got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/we-figure-he-must-have-let-him-out-the-perpetrator-i-mean-he-s-blind/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“Then I reminded myself that I was always willing to listen to arguments in favor of avoiding an unpleasant chore, and I shook my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/then-i-reminded-myself-that-i-was-always-willing-to-listen-to/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“Love great first lines and paragraphs. From The Yiddish Policemen's Union: Nine months Landsman's been flopping at the Hotel Zamenhof without any of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/love-great-first-lines-and-paragraphs-from-the-yiddish-policemen-s/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [“Life blew in gusts from the hole in the side of the elephant with a rank smell and a comic flatulence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/life-blew-in-gusts-from-the-hole-in-the-side-of-the-elephant-with-a/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [Not only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/not-only-would-i-never-want-to-belong-to-any-club-that-would-have-me/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/that-s-the-best-thing-about-writing-when-you-re-in-that-zone-you-re/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/most-science-fiction-seemed-to-be-written-for-people-who-already/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

> [ “For as long as I could remember, I'd been making vague and confident assurances that any day I would finish the thing \[my book\].… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chabon/for-as-long-as-i-could-remember-i-d-been-making-vague-and-confident/)

[Michael Chabon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chabon/)

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