Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics,… — Jonathan Dee Certain Copy Share Image
You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind. — Jonathan Dee Bad news Copy Share Image
I wrote my first novel in the same conditions as most first novelists - I had a full-time job, I shared an… — Jonathan Dee Apartment Copy Share Image
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… — Jonathan Dee Book Copy Share Image
I have no desire to write historical anything or futuristic anything - I want to find a way to get at the… — Jonathan Dee Alive Copy Share Image
The Postman Always Rings Twice that's a book that I think every writer should read - that has to do with technique.… — Jonathan Dee Book Copy Share Image
I once saw John Updike get in front of a crowd and read a story that he'd written in 1958, and I… — Jonathan Dee Believe Copy Share Image
It's nice to have something else going on when a book comes out so you're not just sitting by the phone, waiting… — Jonathan Dee All day Copy Share Image
“That mysterious foreknowledge of my success in life was sweeter to me than the success itselt.” — Jonathan Dee Life Copy Share Image
“I mean she's not exactly a complex figure. You can look at her and pretty much imagine what that whole relationship was… — Jonathan Dee Kindness Copy Share Image
That's really the essence of what any fiction writer does. Some of it is research-based, but most of it is a really… — Jonathan Dee Book Copy Share Image
It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel… — Jonathan Dee Along Copy Share Image
John Dos Passos, Raymond Carver, Flaubert and William Maxwell were all very influential when I first started writing. Now, the writers I'm… — Jonathan Dee Example Copy Share Image
Kenneth Branagh. There was a time in my life when people would tell me constantly that I look like him. I could… — Jonathan Dee Constantly Copy Share Image
I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the… — Jonathan Dee Any Copy Share Image
I worry that's what people are going to think about me if they kind of go backwards. But if that didn't happen… — Jonathan Dee Backwards Copy Share Image
“She wanted to find his limit, because knowing that limit would drive a wedge between them; but in his mind, the question… — Jonathan Dee Psychology Copy Share Image
New York is ultimately not the synthesis but merely the sum of its unfathomable subjectivities, its personal histories, its uncategorisable figures. — Jonathan Dee Figures Copy Share Image
“Tough times brought out the bad side of people, it seemed, and this internet was like some giant bathroom wall where you… — Jonathan Dee Bad side Copy Share Image
In order to describe a particular subculture, you might want to portray people who are typical or representative of that subculture; but… — Jonathan Dee Bring Copy Share Image
That's always the most productive research - research into tone, into voice. Facts are nice, too, but facts are more raw material… — Jonathan Dee Always Copy Share Image
Here is what I am not going to do: I am not going to go to a restaurant, take pictures of my… — Jonathan Dee Am Copy Share Image
A Thousand Pardons began at the beginning. I wanted it to be one continuous, almost breathless kind of story. In order to… — Jonathan Dee Break Copy Share Image
I am hopelessly devoted to paper. Nothing against e-readers of any sort - anything that keeps people reading is okay by me… — Jonathan Dee Against Copy Share Image
When I'm composing a scene for the first time, I try to imitate my character. The less critical distance the better -… — Jonathan Dee Acting Copy Share Image
