"Publishers send me a lot of first novels……" — Jay McInerney
"Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot of people want my benediction or something."
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52 Quotes by Jay McInerney
Jay McInerney has 52 quotes on this site.
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Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing
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I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can…
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He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.
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You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them…
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You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop…
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Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren’t.
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There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.
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If it's red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that's left in the vase after the flowers…
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A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for…
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Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt…
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A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers…
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There aren't many shy writers left.
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More Benediction Quotes
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The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The happiest, sweetest, tenderest homes are not those where there has been no sorrow, but those which have been overshadowed…
— J.R. Miller
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All power is God`s power; we are only vehicles. He pulsates in our hearts. He breathes through us. He sings…
— Rajneesh
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Ego brings unnatural desires in you; it drives you crazy. Life is simple, but to be simple one has to…
— Rajneesh
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Gratitude consists of a watchful, minute attention to the particulars of our state, and to the multitudes of God's gifts,…
— Henry Edward Manning
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All moments are beautiful, only you have to be receptive and surrendering. All moments are blessings, only you have to…
— Rajneesh
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Every morning, even in the bitterest winter, she stood before the chapel door until it opened at four and remained…
— Unknown Author
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[M]y fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and…
— George Washington
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I pray to the birds. I pray to the birds because I believe they will carry the messages of my…
— Terry Tempest Williams
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The life of a sannyasin should be a life of no expectations. And then every moment is such a bliss,…
— Rajneesh
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When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San…
— Donna Leon
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