American - Novelist | August 17, 1959 -
And Silence of the Lambs is a really smart book.
Jonathan Franzen
SilenceSmartBookReallyLambs
's one of the perversities of the age: I'm embarrassed by its success, but I'm happy it's selling.
SuccessAgeHappySelling
Manhattan is just all bank branches.
BankBranchesManhattanJust
I don't even read positive reviews unless they are absolutely certified by eight different people to not contain one thing that could upset me.
PositivePeopleMeUpsetDifferent
I hate the word 'partner' so much.
HatePartnerWordMuch
Most of the people who have complaints with me aren't reading me.
PeopleMeReadingWhoMost
A big part of me would be very proud never having anything of mine adapted, because if you want the real experience, there's only one way to get it. You're going to actually have to be a reader.
ExperienceMeProudYouWantWay
I hate Whole Foods.
HateWholeFoodsWhole Foods
Only in my 40s did I become a person whose heart lifts whenever he hears a grosbeak singing or a towhee calling, and who hurries out to see a golden plover that's been reported in the neighbourhood, just because it's a beautiful bird, with truly golden plumage, and has flown all the way from Alaska.
HeartBeautifulBirdSingingPerson
For most of my life, I didn't pay attention to birds.
LifeBirdsMy LifeAttentionPay
One reason that birds matter - ought to matter - is that they are our last, best connection to a natural world that is otherwise receding. They're the most vivid and widespread representatives of the Earth as it was before people arrived on it.
BestPeopleBirdsWorldConnection
The technology I like is the American paperback edition of 'Freedom.' I can spill water on it, and it would still work! So it's pretty good technology.
WorkGoodTechnologyFreedomWater
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Jonathan Franzen quotes