Jonathan Coe Quotes

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely.

- Jonathan Coe

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A biographer has to get as emotionally close to his/her subject as possible: otherwise the writing won't come to life at all. - Jonathan Coe

I was mainly in a state of nervousness while I wrote it - nervousness that it was far bigger and more complicated than anything I'd attempted before, and that maybe my talent just wasn't up to it and the book would have to be abandoned, or would turn out not to work at all when it was finished. - Jonathan Coe