278 Quotes by Jonathan Lethem

I raised that kid like I was running an egg-and-spoon race through a minefield, and he was the egg.

There’s something about the rhythms of language that correspond to the rhythms of our own bodies.

All Thinking is Wishful.

I guess they needed a maze in Japan, where everything’s neat and tidy. In America everybody’s already wandering around lost.

What’s lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.

I can’t bear the silent ringing in my skull.

Enough of this. Does every conversation with you have to be the director’s cut? Get out of the car.

It was good while it was good.