“He [David Foster Wallace] compares raising children to raising books, you should take pride in the work you do inside a family… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“Books are a social substitute; you read people who, at one level, you'd like to hang out with. [David Foster Wallace]'s writing… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: What writers have is a license and also the freedom to sit—to sit, clench their fists, and make themselves… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David Lipsky: Why aren't you married at thirty-four? David Foster Wallace: You first. David Lipsky: Um-I think it's hard to fill that role...to cast… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me.” — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: We sit around and bitch about how TV has ruined the audience for reading—when really all it’s done is given us… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: I think the reason why people behave in an ugly manner is that it’s really scary to be alive and to… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“If you can think of times in your life that you've treated people with extraordinary decency and love, with pure uninterested concern, just because… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David (David Foster Wallace) had a caffeine social gift: Her was charmingly, vividly, overwhelmingly awake - he acted on other people like a slug… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me. — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“He [David Foster Wallace] compares raising children to raising books, you should take pride in the work you do inside a family and not… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: Because I'd like to be the sort of person who can enjoy things at the time instead of having to go… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“Books are a social substitute; you read people who, at one level, you'd like to hang out with. [David Foster Wallace]'s writing self--it's most… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“roles in True Romance and Crimson Tide—is a young, pre-Sopranos James Gandolfini. Glory, Marshall Herskowitz, 1989. Broadcast News, James L. Brooks, 1986.” — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: There’s so much beauty and profundity in all kinds of shitty pop culture all around us.” — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
![“He [David Foster Wallace] compares raising children to raising books, you should take pride in the work you do inside a family and not from how they make out in the world. “It’s good to want a child to do well, but it’s bad to want that glory to reflect back on you,” is what he says.” quote by David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a4b/david-lipsky-30389_books_he-david-foster-wallace-compares-raising_1575049.jpg)
![“Books are a social substitute; you read people who, at one level, you'd like to hang out with. [David Foster Wallace]'s writing self--it's most pronounced in his essays--was the best friend you'd ever have, spotting everything, whispering jokes, sweeping you past what was irritating or boring or…” quote by David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f4/david-lipsky-30389_best-friend_books-are-a-social-substitute-you-read-p_2172757.jpg)
