Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing

Jay McInerney

Categorized in : Suicide Arms Self Harm

Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world.

new-york writing people

Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will tast... by Jay McInerney

Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better.

moderation taste add

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

envy writing discovery

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.

new-york book thinking

Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting... by Jay McInerney

Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.

certain stars successful

Eat, drink and remarry is my motto. by Jay McInerney

Eat, drink and remarry is my motto.

my-motto motto drink

I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times. by Jay McInerney

I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times.

four

It's the cynics who never get married. by Jay McInerney

It's the cynics who never get married.

married

I don't want to have my life fall apart for my work. by Jay McInerney

I don't want to have my life fall apart for my work.

falling-apart want fall

Mine is not an autonomous imagination. by Jay McInerney

Mine is not an autonomous imagination.

autonomous mines imagination

Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed by Jay McInerney

Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed

irony symbols betrayed

Great minds sink alike, right? by Jay McInerney

Great minds sink alike, right?

great-minds mind

Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash) by Jay McInerney

Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash)

taste matter

You know, Im always surprised when I read profiles, and they make me sound so jaded. I am so not jaded.

profile sound knows

There aren't many shy writers left. by Jay McInerney

There aren't many shy writers left.

left shy

Yeah, 'Gossip Girl' is a good show. It's a real New York show, li... by Jay McInerney

Yeah, 'Gossip Girl' is a good show. It's a real New York show, like 'Sex and the City.

girl new-york sex

When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a... by Jay McInerney

When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money.

therapists waste lying

There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself. by Jay McInerney

There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.

shabby nobility failing

There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I'm not like that.

very-deep type country

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.

you village god beautiful