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> [And I think that the ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to find out early it doesn't mean anything. Which means you get to start early the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/and-i-think-that-the-ultimate-way-you-and-i-get-lucky-is-if-you-have/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

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## More by David Lipsky

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-lipsky-why-aren-t-you-married-at-thirty-four-david-foster/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“David Foster Wallace: I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-foster-wallace-i-always-fear-that-when-i-really-impose-my-will/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-foster-wallace-we-sit-around-and-bitch-about-how-tv-has-ruined/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-foster-wallace-i-think-the-reason-why-people-behave-in-an-ugly/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/if-you-can-think-of-times-in-your-life-that-you-ve-treated-people/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“David (David Foster Wallace) had a caffeine social gift: Her was charmingly, vividly, overwhelmingly awake - he acted on other people like a slug…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-david-foster-wallace-had-a-caffeine-social-gift-her-was/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/i-always-fear-that-when-i-really-impose-my-will-on-something-the/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [ “He \[David Foster Wallace\] compares raising children to raising books, you should take pride in the work you do inside a family and not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/he-david-foster-wallace-compares-raising-children-to-raising-books/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-foster-wallace-because-i-d-like-to-be-the-sort-of-person-who/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/books-are-a-social-substitute-you-read-people-who-at-one-level-you-d/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“roles in True Romance and Crimson Tide—is a young, pre-Sopranos James Gandolfini. Glory, Marshall Herskowitz, 1989. Broadcast News, James L. Brooks, 1986.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/roles-in-true-romance-and-crimson-tide-is-a-young-pre-sopranos-james/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“David Foster Wallace: There’s so much beauty and profundity in all kinds of shitty pop culture all around us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-foster-wallace-there-s-so-much-beauty-and-profundity-in-all/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [“David Foster Wallace: What writers have is a license and also the freedom to sit—to sit, clench their fists, and make themselves be excruciatingly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-foster-wallace-what-writers-have-is-a-license-and-also-the/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [David Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/david-foster-wallace-i-think-one-of-the-insidious-lessons-about-tv-is/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

> [And I think that the ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lipsky/and-i-think-that-the-ultimate-way-you-and-i-get-lucky-is-if-you-have/)

[David Lipsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lipsky/)

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