"The most interesting things that happen in my……" — Jay McInerney
"The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me."
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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 Arise Quotes
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
— Hannah Arendt
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
— Aristotle
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
— Charles Babbage
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Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise…
— Dave Barry
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
— Joseph Addison
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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a…
— Joseph Addison
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
— Aeschylus
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I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
— Lord Byron
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Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind…
— Giacomo Casanova
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