There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I’m not like that. Jay McInerney Read Quote
I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis’s ‘American Psycho.’ I think as a book about New York in the ’80s it was pretty excellent. Jay McInerney Read Quote
When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it’s a waste of money. Jay McInerney Read Quote
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. Jay McInerney Read Quote
I always hope people will like me, and I’m always afraid they will think I’m a fraud. I try harder than perhaps I should to make people like me, then it backfires. They think I’m a buffoon. Jay McInerney Read Quote
You know, Greenwich Village was the traditional bohemia of New York. I wish I could say that was entirely true now. It’s, uh… changed. It’s now got, God help us, investment bankers and journalists, but it’s still a very beautiful part of New York. Jay McInerney Read Quote
We’ve been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published. Jay McInerney Read Quote
Yeah, ‘Gossip Girl’ is a good show. It’s a real New York show, like ‘Sex and the City.’ Jay McInerney Read Quote
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 into double digits. Jay McInerney Read Quote