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But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.

But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.

Jonathan Franzen
Reading, Lessons, Firsts
Jonathan Franzen (2007). “How to Be Alone: Essays”, p.178, Macmillan

Reading enables me to maintain a sense of something substantive– my ethical integrity, my intellectual integrity.

Jonathan Franzen
Integrity, Reading, Intellectual
Jonathan Franzen (2007). “How to Be Alone: Essays”, p.82, Macmillan

To me, the point of a novel is to take you to a still place. You can multitask with a lot of things, but you can’t really multitask reading a book.

Jonathan Franzen
Book, Reading, Novel
"Jonathan Franzen Blasts Author Videos ... In His Own Author Video". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2010.

You're either reading a book or you're not.

Jonathan Franzen
Book, Reading
"Jonathan Franzen Blasts Author Videos ... In His Own Author Video", www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2010.

It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.

Jonathan Franzen
Book, Reading, Writing

I'm not too concerned what happens to my books after I'm dead. But I am very concerned by what's going on with the culture of reading and writing nowadays.

Jonathan Franzen
Book, Reading, Writing

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