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In the sea of words, the in print is foam, surf bubbles riding the top. And it's a dark sea, and deep, where divers need lights on their helmets and would perish at the lower depths.
— Jonathan Lethem The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions
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In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love.
— Jonathan Lethem
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I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture.
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Discomfort is very much part of my master plan.
— Jonathan Lethem
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The past is still visible. The buildings haven't changed, the layout of the streets hasn't changed. So memory is very available to me as I walk around.
— Jonathan Lethem
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The more film I watch, the more John Ford looks like a giant. His politics aren't so good, and you have to learn to accept John Wayne as an actor, but he's a poet in black and white.
— Jonathan Lethem
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