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Yes! I'm the slowest comic-book writer on Earth.

Jonathan Lethem

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Jonathan Lethem
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: February 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Jonathan Allen Lethem
Harry Conklin
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I'm learning to hate the sound of my own voice.
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I hate feeling too complacent when I write. I like to be solving new problems.
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I'm a firm believer that there are no rules in art. Every trajectory is different.
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I listen to music all the time. I write while listening to music. And I tell myself that the music nourishes the art forms that I do master and domesticate, and have authority over.
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There's never any percentage in being ahead of your time.
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