Quotes by Jess Walter

Jess Walter

A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.

Disappointment

Greatness

Wine

All we have is the story we tell.

Stories

All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it’s all part of the story we tell. But here’s the thing: it’s our goddamned story!

Life

Motivation

Real

And because he felt like he might burst open and because he lacked the dexterity in English to say all that he was thinking–how in his estimation, the more you lived the more regret and longing you suffered, that life was a glorious catastrophe–Pasquale Tursi said, only, “Yes.

Dexterity

Regret

Thinking

And even if they don’t find what they’re looking for, isn’t it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?

Enough

Sunlight

Together

And if a moment exists only in one’s perception anyway, then perhaps the rush of feeling he has now is THE MOMENT, and not merely its shadow.

Feelings

Perception

Shadow

At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache of regret?

Regret

Sweet

Thinking

Because I’m a novelist, I think in terms of structure. The way I keep going is through structure. It’s what inspires me and pushes me through.

Inspire

Novelists

Thinking

For many people it’s Facebook, or sports on TV, whatever it is. I have my own demons that I battle. But whatever they are, you wish you could not do them. For most of us it’s “I cannot get off Facebook.” But imagine that your demon has you living on the street. I don’t think those compulsions and obsessions are that different.

People

Sports

Thinking

He considered it a shame when people couldn’t grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

Imagination

People

Simple

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Afternoon

America

Answers

Art

Basketball

Block

Book

Boredom

Can Do

Character

Cities

Coffee

Contentment

Couple

Crazy

Currents

Dad

Desire

Dexterity

Disappointment

Divorce

Doe

Doors

Dream

Drug

Eclectic

Enough

Events

Eye

Fall

Father

Feelings

Fiction

Finding Yourself

Forever

Form

Fun

Ghetto

Greatness

Harder

Home

Humble

Imagination

Insane

Inspire

Instant

Kind

Knows

Life

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Quotes by Jess Walter

Jess Walter

A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.

All we have is the story we tell.

All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character-what we believe-none of it is real; it’s all part of the story we tell. But here’s the thing: it’s our goddamned story!

And because he felt like he might burst open and because he lacked the dexterity in English to say all that he was thinking–how in his estimation, the more you lived the more regret and longing you suffered, that life was a glorious catastrophe–Pasquale Tursi said, only, “Yes.

And even if they don’t find what they’re looking for, isn’t it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?

And if a moment exists only in one’s perception anyway, then perhaps the rush of feeling he has now is THE MOMENT, and not merely its shadow.

At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache of regret?

Because I’m a novelist, I think in terms of structure. The way I keep going is through structure. It’s what inspires me and pushes me through.

He considered it a shame when people couldn’t grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

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