Jay McInerney Quotes

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• Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing
• I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them.
• He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.
• 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…
• You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the universal solvent,…
• Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren’t.
• There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.
• 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…
• A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for their opinions, in which getting…
• Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or…
• A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.
• There aren't many shy writers left.
• Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.
• Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.
• Eat, drink and remarry is my motto.
• I don't think I've left a trail of weeping women in my wake. I mean, the number of serious relationships I've had has not been…
• I don't want to have my life fall apart for my work.
• I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.
• I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university.
• I love to imagine inside the head of a woman.

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