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title: "1 Burgundy Quotes By Jay McInerney"
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> [If it's red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that's left in the vase after the flowers have died and rotted, it's probably Burgundy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/if-it-s-red-french-costs-too-much-and-tastes-like-the-water-that-s/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

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## More by Jay McInerney

> [“Taste is a matter of taste.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/taste-is-a-matter-of-taste/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [Most all of the writers I admired when I was in my teens and twenties died young. Fitzgerald lived the longest. He was 44.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/most-all-of-the-writers-i-admired-when-i-was-in-my-teens-and-twenties/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [I certainly think that the publishing houses have to learn more about this informal network of literary blogging and get over the idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/i-certainly-think-that-the-publishing-houses-have-to-learn-more-about/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [“She said that certain facts are accessible only from one point of view – the point of view of the creature who experiences them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/she-said-that-certain-facts-are-accessible-only-from-one-point-of/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren’t.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/your-presence-here-is-is-only-a-matter-of-conducting-an-experiment-in/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/my-former-wife-is-a-very-eccentric-woman-which-is-why-i-still-love-her/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [“Tears come to your eyes, and you feel such a rush of tenderness and pity that you stop beside a lamppost and hang on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/tears-come-to-your-eyes-and-you-feel-such-a-rush-of-tenderness-and/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [Sometimes I think everything I touch turns into a Page Six item.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/sometimes-i-think-everything-i-touch-turns-into-a-page-six-item/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/sometimes-i-think-the-difference-between-what-we-want-and-what-we-re/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [“Suffering is supposed to be the raw stuff of art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/suffering-is-supposed-to-be-the-raw-stuff-of-art/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [I think it's dangerous to think you know what you're writing. I usually don't know, and usually I just discover it in the course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/i-think-it-s-dangerous-to-think-you-know-what-you-re-writing-i/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [I think, when I'm writing, I have a more clinical view than I do when I'm reading. I like pretending to be God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/i-think-when-i-m-writing-i-have-a-more-clinical-view-than-i-do-when-i/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/add-anchovies-to-almost-anything-in-moderation-and-it-will-taste/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/a-creative-writing-program-is-only-as-good-as-its-teachers-and-i-was/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

> [I feel that there's a lot of would-be guardians of the culture who think that high-minded literary purpose and the life that gets chronicled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/i-feel-that-there-s-a-lot-of-would-be-guardians-of-the-culture-who/)

[Jay McInerney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mcinerney/)

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