You know, I’m always surprised when I read profiles, and they make me sound so jaded. I am so not jaded. Jay McInerney Read Quote
I certainly think that the publishing houses have to learn more about this informal network of literary blogging and get over the idea that sending an author on a book tour – to Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles – is a successful model anymore. Jay McInerney Read Quote
I don’t think I found my voice until I reached New York. I suppose it’s possible I would have had some kind of different literary career if I had not discovered New York. Jay McInerney Read Quote
Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world. Jay McInerney Read Quote
I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they’re going. But I find writing is a process of discovery. Jay McInerney Read Quote
The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me. Jay McInerney Read Quote
I’ve been interested in writing and storytelling since I learned to read, but it wasn’t until I read Dylan Thomas, when I was 14, that I became interested in language itself, and saw it as more than a transparent medium for a story. Jay McInerney Read Quote
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors. Jay McInerney Read Quote
