Jay McInerney Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“There aren't many shy writers left.”

“There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I'm not like that.”

“There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a '30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention.”

“When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money.”

“Yeah, 'Gossip Girl' is a good show. It's a real New York show, like 'Sex and the City.'”

“I always hope people will like me, and I'm always afraid they will think I'm a fraud. I try harder than perhaps I should to make people like me, then it backfires. They think I'm a buffoon.”

“I don't think I found my voice until I reached New York. I suppose it's possible I would have had some kind of different literary career if I had not discovered New York.”

“I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.”