Making books has always felt very connected to my bookselling experience, that of wanting to draw people's attention to things that I liked, to shape things that I liked into new shapes.
Jonathan LethemFantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.
Jonathan LethemI work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.
Jonathan LethemWhat I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language.
Jonathan Lethem