I don't want to indulge myself in the luxury of writing beautiful paragraphs just for the sake of making beautiful writing. That doesn't interest me. I want everything to be essential.
Jonathan LethemI had an all-Fear of Music iPod, just versions of the 11 songs from the record. No other songs allowed.
Jonathan LethemNerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another.
Jonathan LethemI have no one to blame for the construction for myself, of course, but I'm always surprised and slightly sulky when I realizeะ people are buying the whole thing.
Jonathan Lethem