I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second.
Jonathan FranzenOnce there are good sentences on the page, I can feel a loyalty to them and start following their logic, and take refuge from myself.
Jonathan FranzenHow wrong to have been so negative, how wrong to have been so gloomy, how wrong to have run away from life, how wrong to have said no, again and again, instead of yes.
Jonathan Franzen