Bright Lights Big City Quotes

#1. If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart's parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus

#2. Thank you for being there that night, Beaston. Thank you for protecting me and for not letting me be alone.

T.S. Joyce

#3. Suffering is supposed to be the raw stuff of art.

Jay McInerney

#4. The true test of a soldier's mettle is to see whether or not they will cling to what they believe in, even in the face of impending death.

Matthew S. Williams

#5. I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end.

Patricia MacLachlan

#6. Taste is a matter of taste.

Jay McInerney

#7. The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.

Leonardo Da Vinci

#8. The Tories win elections when they lead on economic competence.

Maurice Saatchi

#9. It didn't have a real ending. It just slipped backward when other things happened.

Peter Straub

#10. Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury

Elvis Costello

#11. Your presence here is is only a matter of conducting an experiment in limits, reminding yourself of what you aren't.

Jay McInerney

#12. [Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today.

Jarvis Cocker

#13. I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.

Maya Angelou

#14. I'm not just a warm body.

Kalayna Price

#15. They think I don't know what I'm thinking, but I do.

Ron Mayes

#16. Believe you me, Lope-hey, has anyone ever called you 'Lope' before?

Kate Ellison

#17. I loved doing Cee Lo's Bright Lights in the Big City. That was definitely a favorite of mine, because I love to get all soulful. And a close second would be Flo Rida's Right Round, because I could rap, which I've never really done before.

Skylar Astin

#18. Because when a guy's a jerk or an asshole, it's easier because you know exactly where you stand.

David Levithan

#19. And here's a secret for you - everything beautiful is sad ... gilded with impermanence ...

John Geddes

#20. I've never worried about how long the song is.

Adam Jones