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You know, I'm always surprised when I read profiles, and they make me sound so jaded. I am so not jaded.

I don't think I've left a trail of weeping women in my wake. I mean, the number of serious relationships I've had has not been into double digits.

From Jay McInerney

I'm afraid that - not necessarily deliberately, but consistently - I've made a kind of laboratory out of my life, where I mix the stuff in the test tubes to create explosions - possibly resulting in interesting by-products. I mean, not deliberately - I'd be crazy to deliberately do that - or maybe not.

From Jay McInerney

There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I'm not like that.

From Jay McInerney

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her.

From Jay McInerney

Sometimes I think everything I touch turns into a Page Six item.

From Jay McInerney

I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.

From Jay McInerney