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> [I have no desire to write historical anything or futuristic anything - I want to find a way to get at the essence of what it's like to be alive now. The reason why great novels from centuries ago are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/i-have-no-desire-to-write-historical-anything-or-futuristic-anything/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

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## More by Jonathan Dee

> [Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/those-who-know-new-york-city-primarily-through-tourism-or-mass/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/you-never-want-to-have-to-give-your-child-bad-news-of-any-kind/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [I wrote my first novel in the same conditions as most first novelists - I had a full-time job, I shared an apartment, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/i-wrote-my-first-novel-in-the-same-conditions-as-most-first-novelists/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [That's a long way of saying no, I'm always too bound up in thinking about the characters in whatever I'm working on and trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/that-s-a-long-way-of-saying-no-i-m-always-too-bound-up-in-thinking/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [I have no desire to write historical anything or futuristic anything - I want to find a way to get at the essence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/i-have-no-desire-to-write-historical-anything-or-futuristic-anything/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [The Postman Always Rings Twice that's a book that I think every writer should read - that has to do with technique. But it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/the-postman-always-rings-twice-that-s-a-book-that-i-think-every/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [I once saw John Updike get in front of a crowd and read a story that he'd written in 1958, and I just thought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/i-once-saw-john-updike-get-in-front-of-a-crowd-and-read-a-story-that/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [It's nice to have something else going on when a book comes out so you're not just sitting by the phone, waiting for things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/it-s-nice-to-have-something-else-going-on-when-a-book-comes-out-so/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [“That mysterious foreknowledge of my success in life was sweeter to me than the success itselt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/that-mysterious-foreknowledge-of-my-success-in-life-was-sweeter-to-me/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [“I mean she's not exactly a complex figure. You can look at her and pretty much imagine what that whole relationship was like. She's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/i-mean-she-s-not-exactly-a-complex-figure-you-can-look-at-her-and/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [That's really the essence of what any fiction writer does. Some of it is research-based, but most of it is a really long-term, imaginative,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/that-s-really-the-essence-of-what-any-fiction-writer-does-some-of-it/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/it-s-not-really-an-original-idea-but-there-s-something-that-goes/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm most interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/john-dos-passos-raymond-carver-flaubert-and-william-maxwell-were-all/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [Kenneth Branagh. There was a time in my life when people would tell me constantly that I look like him. I could do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/kenneth-branagh-there-was-a-time-in-my-life-when-people-would-tell-me/)

[Jonathan Dee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dee/)

> [I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dee/i-think-that-good-storytelling-of-any-kind-does-promote-a-humility-in/)

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