The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it's a kind of insane collage of fragments of memory. Jonathan Lethem autobiographybookcollage Change image and share on social
The past is still visible. The buildings haven't changed, the layout of the streets hasn't changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around. Jonathan Lethem buildingchangelayout Change image and share on social
It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want. Jonathan Lethem defyexpectexpectation Change image and share on social
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. Jonathan Lethem acceptactorblack Change image and share on social
Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit. Jonathan Lethem disreputableenglishfantastic Change image and share on social
Comics? Honestly, that's more a matter of nostalgia for me. I think most of that energy has gone to my love of literature and my love of film. Jonathan Lethem comicenergyfilm Change image and share on social
I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way. Jonathan Lethem allowanymorebook share on social
I'd have been a filmmaker or a cartoonist or something else which extended from the visual arts into the making of narratives if I hadn't been able to shift into fiction. Jonathan Lethem artcartoonistextend Change image and share on social
I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture. Jonathan Lethem addictregularsubculture Change image and share on social
I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously. Jonathan Lethem abandonanymorebegin Change image and share on social
