Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

I've never related to the work geek at all-it sounds much more horrible than nerd. Like a freak biting a chicken's head off in a sideshow.

Jonathan LethemWriter · American · b. 1964
More from Jonathan Lethem
Work QuotesCareer Quotes
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. — Mark Twain
  • It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it. — Voltaire
  • Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. — Thomas Carlyle
  • I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts. — Jonathan Lethem
  • Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit. — Jonathan Lethem
  • In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love. — Jonathan Lethem
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026