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> [You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mcinerney/you-have-friends-who-actually-care-about-you-and-speak-the-language/)

[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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