65 Quotes by Mark Leyner

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    I guess I can picture things once they're done - I just can't picture actually doing them.

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    I've always wanted to be a poet at the beginning. I would look at my grandparents' books and my parents' books. And in my family, a typical aspirational Jewish family, being a writer was very much exalted, and it seemed impossible to me, that I could ever do something like that.

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    I can tell from about 20 yards away when someone has a manuscript for me. I can just tell - they have that look.

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    I thought of myself as kind of an anarchist all my whole adult life, from the days when I was 15 or 16.

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    My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

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    I'm fascinated with video games, though I can't really play them. It's definitely an art form that intrigues me to no end, though.

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    The interesting thing about something in the back of your mind is that it can travel pretty far back in your mind.

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    As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles of narrative don't conform to my style of experiencing the world.

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