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> [Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/writers-never-feel-comfortable-having-labels-attached-to-them-however/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

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## More by Jonathan Coe

> [I was going to say 'my friend Stuart', but I suppose he's not a friend any more. I seem to have lost a number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/i-was-going-to-say-my-friend-stuart-but-i-suppose-he-s-not-a-friend/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“The upshot was that she lost her religion - with a vengeance - and walked out on him, taking these three daughters with her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/the-upshot-was-that-she-lost-her-religion-with-a-vengeance-and-walked/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [The plain fact is that she never really liked me, and never wanted me. I had been a mistake; and that, to some extent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/the-plain-fact-is-that-she-never-really-liked-me-and-never-wanted-me/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Yes, she would have been partial to men, perhaps she might even have confined herself to one man in particular, if only she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/yes-she-would-have-been-partial-to-men-perhaps-she-might-even-have/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“You didn't take part, Benjamin?" Gunther asked, as he passed me a plate of cheese and cold meat. "My brother doesn't play games," said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/you-didn-t-take-part-benjamin-gunther-asked-as-he-passed-me-a-plate/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/as-soon-as-you-start-writing-about-how-human-beings-interact-with/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/i-like-the-idea-of-a-big-caesura-between-the-narratives-a-space-which/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/they-were-written-in-the-early-90s-when-i-was-strapped-for-cash/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/the-more-melancholy-side-of-my-literary-personality-is-much-in-tune/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [I had no sense of any reputation that What a Carve Up! might acquire - at the time I didnt even have a publisher,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/i-had-no-sense-of-any-reputation-that-what-a-carve-up-might-acquire/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/ah-well-i-have-no-talent-for-nonfiction-that-s-my-problem/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/but-at-the-same-time-i-have-trouble-keeping-things-out-of-books-which/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Save some pity for the Misfit, fighting on with bursting heart; Not a trace of common sense, his is no common flight. Save, save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/save-some-pity-for-the-misfit-fighting-on-with-bursting-heart-not-a/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Well, there'll be an outcry, of course, but then it'll die down and something else will come along for people to get annoyed about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/well-there-ll-be-an-outcry-of-course-but-then-it-ll-die-down-and/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Le auto sono come le persone. Ogni giorno andiamo in giro in mezzo alla ressa, corriamo di qua e di là, arrivando quasi a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/le-auto-sono-come-le-persone-ogni-giorno-andiamo-in-giro-in-mezzo/)

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