I got into underground comics fairly early on and kind of wandered away from the superhero stuff, but I was an art student and I was drawing a lot as a kid. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
The past is still visible. The buildings haven’t changed, the layout of the streets hasn’t changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
It was only as I wrote about it that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
What’s lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
Comics? Honestly, that’s more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature and my love of film. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram. Jonathan Lethem Read Quote
