Jon McGregor Quotes

Jon McGregor — British Novelist born on December 30, 1976,

Jon McGregor is a British novelist and short story writer. In 2002, his first novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize as its youngest contender. His second novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2006. In 2012, his third novel was awarded the International Dublin Literary Award. The New York Times has labelled him a "wicked British writer"... (wikipedia)

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

People seem to be losing their sense of boundaries more and more, what people are willing to put up on the internet, especially blogs. People seem to assume that only their friends are going to read it but anyone in the world could read it at any time.

Everybody's got their own situation and their own needs.

It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot.

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.