Jonathan Lethem
Biography
Quotes
- The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals.
- Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.
- I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way.
