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Jonathan Franzen Quotes:

Ocupation: Novelist

Life: b. August 17, 1959

Birthday: August 17

Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was “a way out of loneliness.” (NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.)

- Jonathan Franzen

topic: Loneliness, Writing, Years, Memorial Service, Purpose Of Writing

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