Dystopian Author Quotes

Jonathan Lethem You can’t be deep without a surface

Jonathan Lethem The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren’t so good, and you have to learn to […]

Jonathan Lethem Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We’re all nerds, on one subject or another.

Jonathan Lethem The past is still visible. The buildings haven’t changed, the layout of the streets hasn’t changed. So memory is very available to me as […]

Jonathan Lethem I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it […]

Jonathan Lethem Good films demand to be looked at several times in order to be observed completely.

Jonathan Lethem Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.

Jonathan Lethem When people call something original 9 out of 10 times they just don’t know the references or original sources involved.

Jonathan Lethem With a book you can read the same paragraph four times. You can go back to page 21 when you’re on page 300. You […]