David Lipsky
David Lipsky
David Lipskyis an American author. His works have been New York Times bestsellers, New York Times Notable Books, Time magazine and NPR Best Books of the Year, and have been included in The Best American Magazine Writing and The Best American Short Stories collections...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 July 1965
CountryUnited States of America
express time
One of the things that writing and speech can do is express what we're thinking one thought at a time.
earn enjoyed magazines mine photo photos readers seen silly wage york
I wanted to earn a living wage and to see something nice about me in the 'New York Times.' I wanted my mother to be proud. I wanted all the things you want and also feel silly for wanting. I wanted readers to say they'd enjoyed something of mine - to see my photo in magazines where I'd seen photos of other writers.
universe
I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me.
ambition serious know-me
My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.
art thinking giving
David Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and you’re the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy. When in fact there are parts of us, in a way, that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need, I think—and I’m not saying I’m the person to do it. But I think what we need is seriously engaged art, that can teach again that we’re smart. And that there’s stuff that TV and movies—although they’re great at certain things—cannot give us.
mean thinking way
And I think that the ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to find out early it doesn't mean anything. Which means you get to start early the work of figuring out what does mean something -- David Foster Wallace