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“It’s got something to do with love. With having the discipline to talk out of the part of yourself that can love instead of the part that just wants to be loved.”
David Foster Wallace, Conversations with David Foster Wallace
“Last night I went and saw Good Will Hunting, which takes place not exactly where I used to live, in Boston, but pretty darn close, so I've been all flush with nostalgia for it. I was in Boston from summer of '89 until spring of '92...

...I think it's the ultimate nerd fantasy movie. It's a bit of a fairy tale, but I enjoyed it a lot. Minnie Driver is really to fall sideways for. And there's all sorts of cool stuff. It's actually a movie that's got calculus in it. It takes place in Boston.”
David Foster Wallace, Conversations with David Foster Wallace
“Supongo que ser tímido significa básicamente estar absorbido por uno mismo hasta el punto de que se hace difícil estar rodeado de otras personas”
David Foster Wallace, Conversations with David Foster Wallace
“Leer requiere soledad y periodos prolongados de un tipo de atención poco común y la mayoría de mis amigos no son escritores o no tienen tanta cultura y lo que quieren cuando salen del trabajo es estimulación. Quieren un entretenimiento para el que la televisión y el cine e internet son mucho más adecuados que la literatura.”
David Foster Wallace, Conversations with David Foster Wallace
“Lo fundamental de la escoba, las cerdas o el mango, depende de si se quiere barrer o romper ventanas”
David Foster Wallace, Conversations with David Foster Wallace
“La narrativa o mueve montañas o es aburrida; o mueve montañas o se sienta sobre su propio culo”
David Foster Wallace, Conversations with David Foster Wallace
“Supongo que ser tímido significa básicamente estar absorbido por uno mismo hasta el punto en que estar rodeado de otras personas se hace realmente difícil”
David Foster Wallace, Conversations with David Foster Wallace