When you stay in your room and rage or sneer or shrug your shoulders, as I did for many years, the world and its problems are impossibly daunting. But when you go out and put yourself in real relation to real people, or even just real animals, thereโs a very real danger that you might end up loving some of them. And who knows what might happen to you then?
Jonathan FranzenIt's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.
Jonathan FranzenI guess my life hasnโt always been happy, or easy, or exactly what I want. At a certain point, I just have to try not to think too much about certain things, or else theyโll break my heart.
Jonathan Franzen