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Jonathan Ames Quotes

American - Author | March 23, 1964 -

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.

Alone Being Alone Me Feel Way Been

A lot of writers, probably because they're sensitive, which makes them want to be writers, have fears about their masculinity, so they overcompensate by having an interest in boxing and tough-guy things.

Boxing Want Masculinity Things Fears

I don't really recognise success. I don't see myself as on an upwardly mobile trajectory. I see myself as on the edge of a cliff about to fall off.

Success Myself Fall Edge See I See

Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human population of the world. But in my little, soft realm of trying to amuse a few dozen middle-class people with my books and articles, I did struggle to survive in my own way.

Struggle People World Survive Better

Mostly I have to try to censor myself so as not to write things that will hurt other people, or that will go too far.

Myself People Hurt Go Will Try

I've really never written about my relationships, or things like that. I wouldn't want to divulge things that were too private.

Want Relationships Never Things Like

I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.

Laugh Way Books Like Much Readers

It's hard to leave New York: this is where my friends are, my parents are. It is so vital. The whole world seems to look to New York.

New York Parents World Friends Look

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write.

Coffee Drink Write Without

For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

Past Me Back Go Dead

I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way.

Power Beautiful You Role Model Way

I don't know that I've gotten much feedback directly from the literary world; sometimes I doubt even the notion that there is a literary world, though I guess there is or was.

World Feedback Doubt Know Sometimes

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