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.

Jay McInerney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 13, 1955

Topics

WorldKnowThroughCenterTradeDid

I'm wildly different than Maria Bamford or Sarah Silverman, and might be more similar to some male comics.

Jen Kirkman

MoreDifferentThanSomeComics

What they're not doing is marketing the Dead Kennedys in the spirit of what the band stood for.

Jello Biafra

DoingMarketingSpiritDeadBand

Great design... you won't have a business today without great design.

Angela Ahrendts

BusinessTodayGreatDesignYou

There's a lot of sacrifices you have to make to be the boss.

Travis Fimmel

BossYouMakeLotSacrifices

It's your human right to push back against something you disagree with. You do that by voting for that guy instead of that guy, or that lady instead of that lady.

Rob Halford

VotingPushLadyYouBackRight

What I see in the Arab world, in Egypt, everywhere is increasing radicalization.

Mohamed ElBaradei

WorldEgyptSeeI SeeEverywhere

For me, you can't be a big fat pig up there, slovenly and singing croaky and whatnot. You have to work.

Dolores O'Riordan

WorkMeSingingFatYouPig

That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love songs, they are not specific, those kinds of feelings don't change.

Diana Krall

LoveChangeLongFeelingsWhyJust

My dream is to be able to make something in Baltimore that's just there. Make a movie or make a show there. I only left because there wasn't any opportunity except being an extra in Barry Levinson or John Waters movies.

Derek Waters

OpportunityDreamMoviesSomething

I lead a multi-faith life.

Chelsea Clinton

LifeLead

If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it.

Chuck Zito

ChallengeFightAlwaysTook

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

Brendan Fraser

WorkBelieveThinkThingsGetWorks

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