There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I'm not like that. Jay McInerney burycountrydeep Change image and share on social
I'm afraid that - not necessarily deliberately, but consistently - I've made a kind of laboratory out of my life, where I mix the stuff in the test tubes to create explosions - possibly resulting in interesting by-products. I mean, not deliberately - I'd be crazy to deliberately do that - or maybe not. Jay McInerney afraidconsistentlycrazy share on social
I feel that there's a lot of would-be guardians of the culture who think that high-minded literary purpose and the life that gets chronicled in the gossip columns, that these two things are incompatible. Jay McInerney chroniclecolumnculture share on social
When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money. Jay McInerney catchliemoney Change image and share on social
I don't want to have my life fall apart for my work. Jay McInerney falllifework Change image and share on social
A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors. Jay McInerney creativefortunategood Change image and share on social
I always hope people will like me, and I'm always afraid they will think I'm a fraud. I try harder than perhaps I should to make people like me, then it backfires. They think I'm a buffoon. Jay McInerney afraidbackfirebuffoon Change image and share on social
We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published. Jay McInerney daydeathdon Change image and share on social
Love is the eternal quest: almost everyone wants to love and be loved. Jay McInerney eternallovequest Change image and share on social
I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times. Jay McInerney marryromantictime Change image and share on social