Philipp Meyer Quotes - QuotesSense.com

Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 45 quotes by Philipp Meyer This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. (July 2014) Philipp Meyer Born 1974 New York City Occupation Novelist Nationality American Period 2006-present Website www.philippmeyer.net Philipp Meyer (born 1974) is an American fiction writer, and is the author of the novels American Rust and The Son, as well as short stories published in... Read full biography of Philipp Meyer → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → You have to believe in yourself and only trust your own vision and instincts. If I'd listened to what other people thought about my work in the... → 0 When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone, doing things that... → 0 My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before... → 0 At 16, I dropped out of school and spent five years working as a bicycle mechanic and volunteering in a Trauma Centre before ultimately deciding to... → 0 I didn't know much about Texas when I moved there for graduate school. In my first or second semester, I took a class in life and literature of... → 0 I should say that generally I'm a pretty happy person, but as soon as I'm done with a project, I'm usually not happy at all. I feel a... → 0 We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of the top murder rates in the... → 0 Each time a high-wage job is lost, a family is turned upside down. And that affects the communities where they live. 0 I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn't pry away from me; that was the blanket. 0 Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout. 0 At Cornell University, it was well known that after five years on Wall Street, you could expect to be making half a million a year in salary and... → 0 I didn't fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone else was a maths or economics... → 0 If you've grown up with guns, the thought that someone might take them away makes your stomach churn. They make you feel safe. If you didn't... → 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


Background photo by Giuliana
	Contact Terms

45 quotes by Philipp Meyer