Quotes by Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

American novelist and essayist

Lived from: 1959 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 17 august 1959

  • Seriously, the world is changing so quickly that if you had any more than 80 years of change I don't see how you could stand it psychologically.

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  • Being dead's only a problem if you know you're dead, which you never do because you're dead!
    De correcties 324
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  • Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular.
    How to Be Alone: Essays (2007) 87
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  • Fiction is a particularly effective way for strangers to connect across time and distance.
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  • Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.
    Farther Away: Essays (2012) 40
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  • Good novels are produced by people who voluntarily isolate themselves and go deep, and report from the depths on what they find.
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  • I don't personally like the e-readers they've come up with so far. I don't fetishize books, but I do like that they're solid and unchanging.
    De correcties (2010)
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  • Nothing got inside the head without becoming pictures.
    De correcties
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  • Seriously, the world is changing so quickly that if you had any more than 80 years of change I don't see how you could stand it psychologically.
    (2012)
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  • What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive.
    De correcties 263
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What are the most famous quotes from Jonathan Franzen?

The two most famous quotes from Jonathan Franzen are:

  • "Being dead's only a problem if you know you're dead, which you never do because you're dead!"
  • "Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular."

When did Jonathan Franzen live?

Jonathan Franzen was born in 1959.