Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Allen Lethemis an American novelist, essayist and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. It was followed by three more science fiction novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth19 February 1964
CountryUnited States of America
beginning book following move rule simple straight
I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction-I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow, I keep myself sane.
actual black hole novel third
In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love.
halloween kids sky
There were days when no kid came out of his house without looking around. The week after Halloween had a quality both hungover and ominous, the light pitched, the sky smashed against the rooftops.
laptops cafes world
I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.
black-and-white giants watches
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 accept John Wayne as an actor, but he's a poet in black and white.
nerd fans needy
Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another.
percentages
There's never any percentage in being ahead of your time.
elevators mets
I met someone who lives in an elevator.
pawns
Develop your pawns or Hulk will smash.
skulls bears silent
I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.
neat-and-tidy japan america
I guess they needed a maze in Japan, where everything's neat and tidy. In America everybody's already wandering around lost.
brain answers world
Tourette's is just one big lifetime of tag, really. The world (or my brain---same thing) appoints me it, again and again. So I tag back. Can it do otherwise? If you've ever been it you know the answer.
exactly-is anxiety modernism
what exactly is postmodernism, except modernism without the anxiety?
surface
You can't be deep without a surface