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List of Jon McGregor Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 20 inspiring quotes by Jon McGregor.

About Jon McGregor

  • Born: 1976
  • Occupation: Novelist
    • It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. and the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.
    Creativity Years People
    Now that i've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.
    Book Embarrassing Bits
    It is something i recognise in myself. i do eavesdrop. i do people-watch, a lot.
    People Watches Recognise
    I once saw a picture in the paper of john hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and i thought that was pretty cool, so i was quite up front about it.
    Knuckles Saws Paper
    People seem to be losing their sense of boundaries more and more, what people are willing to put up on the internet, especially blogs. people seem to assume that only their friends are going to read it but anyone in the world could read it at any time.
    People World Losing
    She wonders if you can feel nostalgic for something before it's in the past, she wonders if perhaps her vocabulary is too small or if her chemical intake has corroded it and the music goes doowoah doowoah.
    Past Vocabulary Wonder
    I wonder how many ways there are for a mother to produce that wreckage in her own daughter, and my muscles tense as i think of them.
    Daughter Mother Thinking
    I'm surprised, but i'm glad, i realise that this is what i wanted that night last week, to simply make a connection and keep hold of it.
    Night Connections Lasts
    Last week i was just someone who had had a first novel published.
    Lasts Firsts Week
    All the emails i get these days start with sorry but i've been so busy, and i don't understand how we can be so busy and then have nothing to say to each other.
    Sorry Email Busy
    Everybodys got their own situation and their own needs.
    Needs Situation
    There are only these: sparkling eyes, smudged lipstick, fading starlight, the crunching of feet on gravel, laughter, and a slow walk home.
    Laughter Home Eye
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