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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash."

Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.




Jay McInerney Quotes: "The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families."

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Delia's arms were inscribed with a grid of self- inflicted wounds, an intricate text of self-loathing"

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




Jay McInerney Quotes: "I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university."

I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a '30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention."

There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a '30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "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."

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.




Jay McInerney Quotes: "Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist's head, and you invest many hours to do so."

Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist's head, and you invest many hours to do so.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did."

Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me."

The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story."

Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her."

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




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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "I love to imagine inside the head of a woman."

I love to imagine inside the head of a woman.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Love is the eternal quest: almost everyone wants to love and be loved."

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published."

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "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."

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.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "The only sensible approach is not to take it too seriously. What counts is the writing."

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "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."

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.



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

There is a shabby nobility in failing all by yourself.



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

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



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Taste ... is a matter of taste (Tad Allagash)"

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do."

The only thing worse for smoking than drinking is quitting drinking. Because then it's the only thing you can do.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money."

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Mine is not an autonomous imagination."

Mine is not an autonomous imagination.



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public."

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating."

Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "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."

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.



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "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."

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.



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "It's the cynics who never get married."

It's the cynics who never get married.



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed"

Everything becomes symbol and irony when you've been betrayed



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Great minds sink alike, right?"

Great minds sink alike, right?



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Eat, drink and remarry is my motto."

Eat, drink and remarry is my motto.



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "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."

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.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "There aren't many shy writers left."

There aren't many shy writers left.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Sometimes I think everything I touch turns into a Page Six item."

Sometimes I think everything I touch turns into a Page Six item.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better."

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



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

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



Jay McInerney Quotes: "The level of the room keeps changing. All of the surfaces swell and recede with oceanic rhytm. You are not quite all right. You are somewhat wrong."

The level of the room keeps changing. All of the surfaces swell and recede with oceanic rhytm. You are not quite all right. You are somewhat wrong.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "The intercom buzzes while you're changing your shirt. You push the Talk button: "Who is it?" "Narcotics squad. We're soliciting donations for children all over the world who have no drugs."

The intercom buzzes while you're changing your shirt. You push the Talk button: "Who is it?" "Narcotics squad. We're soliciting donations for children all over the world who have no drugs.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Under the spell of alcohol your differences recede."

Under the spell of alcohol your differences recede.



Jay McInerney Quotes: "Memories lurk like dustballs in the backs of drawers. The stereo is a special model that plays only music fraught with poignant associations."

Memories lurk like dustballs in the backs of drawers. The stereo is a special model that plays only music fraught with poignant associations.