Jonathan Franzen Quotes

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Jonathan Franzen

Profession : Novelist

Birth : August 17, 1959

I don't dislike people; I love people.

Jonathan Franzen

I had a brief period of questioning whether I should perhaps adopt a child. And my New Yorker editor, Henry Finder, was horrified by the notion.

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I'm a poor person who has money.

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I'm not fussy about my food.

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To read is to have experiences; every book changes my life at least a little bit. The first time I can remember this happening was when I was 10, with a biography of Thomas Edison.

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I defy anyone to finish Halldor Laxness's 'Independent People' without wetting the pages with tears.

Jonathan Franzen