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Joseph Epstein Quotes - Page 2

I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.

Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. August 31, 2003.

The problem for me is that reading is, I won't say a sacred, but nevertheless a pretty serious act.

Joseph Epstein (1999). “Narcissus Leaves the Pool: Familiar Essays”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I think the story is my form.

Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. August 31, 2003.

Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.

Joseph Epstein (2003). “Envy: The Seven Deadly Sins”, p.5, Oxford University Press

I am married to someone I love.

Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. August 31, 2003.

I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

Joseph Epstein (1979). “Familiar territory: observations on American life”, Oxford University Press