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

There aren't many shy writers left.

Jay McInerney

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I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room.

horse house life

I realized that I might not ever make it as a writer, that it might be because I wasn't good enough, or that it might be because the odds were just too long.

odds might long

The only sensible approach is not to take it too seriously. What... by Jay McInerney

The only sensible approach is not to take it too seriously. What counts is the writing.

approach sensible writing

We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the da... by Jay McInerney

We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published.

hearing novel

Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren’t.

conducting limits matter

Love is the eternal quest: almost everyone wants to love and be l... by Jay McInerney

Love is the eternal quest: almost everyone wants to love and be loved.

quests want love-is

I was fortunate to get a lot of mileage out of my vices . . . The point is not to be debilitated by your pleasures. Maybe I have lucky genes or something but I've never been truly addicted to anything, except pleasure in general.

pleasure lucky vices

If being a spokesman for a generation is a fleeting occupation, being a symbol of an era is downright dangerous for anyone who has the bad luck to outlive it.

fleeting generations luck

I love to imagine inside the head of a woman. by Jay McInerney

I love to imagine inside the head of a woman.

imagine

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still lo... by Jay McInerney

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her.

former eccentric wife

Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or suspecting that they did. The Alternative Hero is a weirdly compelling portrait of fanatic fandom which reads like High Fidelity at high volume.

rocks hero wish

You keep thinking that with practice you will eventually get the knack of enjoying superficial encounters, that you will stop looking for the universal solvent, stop grieving. You will learn to compound happiness out of small increments of mindless pleasure.

practice grieving thinking

A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.

writing teacher two

A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for their opinions, in which getting into a nightclub is seen as a significant human achievement.

achievement fashion america

If it's red, French, costs too much, and tastes like the water that's left in the vase after the flowers have died and rotted, it's probably Burgundy.

cost flower water

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.

numbers mean thinking

He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.

survival hard-work secret

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

self-harm arms suicide

Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerat... by Jay McInerney

Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.

changed lines

"Socialist" is the nastiest thing you can say about an American p... by Jay McInerney

"Socialist" is the nastiest thing you can say about an American politician in some quarters.

quarters socialist politician