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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 want what we all want, said Carl. To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.
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When people call something original, 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved.
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Yet I'm making a book and I'm going to care immensely about what words get bound in the pages, and I want the object to look good. I won't believe in it and it won't be real to me until there's a finished book I can hold.
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I don't have a lot of paper in my immediate work environment, except when I'm doing things like checking the godforsaken proofs.
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I want to write books that can be read a hundred years from now, and readers wouldn't be bogged down by irrelevant details.
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I believe that written stories will continue to survive because they answer an essential human need. I think movies might disappear before the novel disappears, because the novel is really one of the only places in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.
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All paths lead nowhere choose one with heart...
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There's never any percentage in being ahead of your time.
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Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.
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Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.
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