"A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth."

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Source : "Joshua Ferris Reads George Saunders" by Sally Law, www.newyorker.com. August 10, 2009.

Joshua Ferris

#Depth Quotes #Easy Quotes #Surface Quotes

“The animated books pay the lowest rates at the Big Two and you can forget about royalties.”
“Your life can be what you want it to be... You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.”

Source : Douglas Pagels (2004). “Words That Shine Like Stars: How to Have the Life You've Always Wanted: Advice from Celebrities and Wonderful Others”
“You can register a political objection in a number of ways.”
“I think more and more people want to live alone. You can be a couple without being in each other's pockets. I don't see why you have to share the same bathroom.”
“If you don't have a sensation of apprehension when you set out to find a story and a swagger when you sit down to write it, you are in the wrong business.”
“Love is the fart Of every heart It pains the man when 'tis kept close, And others doth offend, when 'tis let loose.”

Source : 1646 'Love's Offence'.
“Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.”
“As human beings we have this immediate gateway - youâ€™ve just to articulate exactly the way that youâ€™re exiled, exactly the way that you donâ€™t belong, exactly the way that you canâ€™t love, exactly the way that you canâ€™t move ... and youâ€™re on your way again. Youâ€™re on your way home. If you can just say exactly the way that youâ€™re imprisoned - the door swings open.”

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