A Pondering Mind

A little of this. A little of that.


Jay McInerney

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    “I think it’s dangerous to think you know what you’re writing. I usually don’t know, and usually I just discover it in the course of writing. I envy those writers who can outline a beginning, a middle, and end. Fitzgerald supposedly did it. John Irving does. Bret Easton Ellis does. But for me, the writing Continue reading

  • 113

    I’ve been on sort of a book buying binge on Amazon. The books that I have purchased are all by one writer: Jay McInerney. I’ve been reading his books back in the 1970s on, and now I am back to buying his books again. So, I already got two of books, and 4 more on Continue reading

  • Reading A Novel

    “Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist’s head, and you invest many hours to do so.” ~ Jay McInerney Continue reading