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Top 30 Jonathan Evison Quotes (2025 Update)

Jonathan Evison Quote: “Some people change quicker than others. Sometimes people don’t change at all, but their context changes, and just by being the same they change.”

1. “Some people change quicker than others. Sometimes people don’t change at all, but their context changes, and just by being the same they change.”

— Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Quote: “I’ll never stop caring. But the thing about caring is, it’s inconvenient. Sometimes you’ve got to give when it makes no sense to at all. Sometimes you’ve got to give until it hurts.”

2. “I’ll never stop caring. But the thing about caring is, it’s inconvenient. Sometimes you’ve got to give when it makes no sense to at all. Sometimes you’ve got to give until it hurts.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.”

3. “As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “I know I’ve lost my mind. But I’m not concerned, because it’s the first thing I’ve lost in a long time that actually feels good.”

4. “I know I’ve lost my mind. But I’m not concerned, because it’s the first thing I’ve lost in a long time that actually feels good.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “You have to smile, if you expect anybody to smile back.”

5. “You have to smile, if you expect anybody to smile back.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “It’s not easy getting old, you know. Things become a lot less clear.”

6. “It’s not easy getting old, you know. Things become a lot less clear.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “People really do change. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. That the future does not conform to the past is not the exception, but the rule.”

7. “People really do change. Don’t let anyone tell you differently. That the future does not conform to the past is not the exception, but the rule.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “If we’ve learned one thing digging up all these old bones, dusting them off, and holding them to the light, we’ve learned this: While the days unfold, one after the other, and the numbers all move in one direction, our lives are not linear, Harriet. We are the sum of moments and reflections, actions and decisions, triumphs, failures, and yearnings, all of it held together, inexplicably, miraculously, really, by memory and association.”

8. “If we’ve learned one thing digging up all these old bones, dusting them off, and holding them to the light, we’ve learned this: While the days unfold, one after the other, and the numbers all move in one direction, our lives are not linear, Harriet. We are the sum of moments and reflections, actions and decisions, triumphs, failures, and yearnings, all of it held together, inexplicably, miraculously, really, by memory and association.”

— Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Quote: “Maybe the biggest lesson I’ve learned, in art and in life, is that when the questions become too numerous and the considerations begin to feel a little overwhelming, you just have to look away for a minute and regather your vision for the thing, try to see it the way it originally came to you. Ask yourself, how did I arrive here? What was I trying to accomplish?”

9. “Maybe the biggest lesson I’ve learned, in art and in life, is that when the questions become too numerous and the considerations begin to feel a little overwhelming, you just have to look away for a minute and regather your vision for the thing, try to see it the way it originally came to you. Ask yourself, how did I arrive here? What was I trying to accomplish?”

— Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Quote: “And furthermore, it’s my opinion that those who claim their accomplishments al to themselves, those who are the heroes of their own stories, are liars”.”

10. “And furthermore, it’s my opinion that those who claim their accomplishments al to themselves, those who are the heroes of their own stories, are liars”.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old – strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy.”

11. “I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old – strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy.”

— Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Quote: “I love being a struggling artist; it makes me feel very alive.”

12. “I love being a struggling artist; it makes me feel very alive.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.”

13. “I really believe in challenging myself, pushing myself to new places.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.”

14. “The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.”

— Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Quote: “My neediness is not a hole to be filled but something beneath the skin scratching to get out.”

15. “My neediness is not a hole to be filled but something beneath the skin scratching to get out.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “But once you publish a book, doesn’t it by definition become the realm of public discourse? Otherwise, wouldn’t we just write books and print them out ourselves, and give them to specific people we felt comfortable giving them to–like gifts? Isn’t publishing sort of a social contract?”

16. “But once you publish a book, doesn’t it by definition become the realm of public discourse? Otherwise, wouldn’t we just write books and print them out ourselves, and give them to specific people we felt comfortable giving them to–like gifts? Isn’t publishing sort of a social contract?”

— Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Quote: “It’s a cruel process, aging. Take my advice, dear, maintain your independence as long as possible.”

17. “It’s a cruel process, aging. Take my advice, dear, maintain your independence as long as possible.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “I usually write in my underwear, with a space heater running full blast, and three dogs sleeping at me feet.”

18. “I usually write in my underwear, with a space heater running full blast, and three dogs sleeping at me feet.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “You have to find hope. Hope is such a shape shifter. You tend to look in the rearview mirror for hope, but when its gone, you have to look forward. You have to get in the van and keep driving on.”

19. “You have to find hope. Hope is such a shape shifter. You tend to look in the rearview mirror for hope, but when its gone, you have to look forward. You have to get in the van and keep driving on.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “First, I’m going to give you all the Copperfield crap, and I’m not going to apologize for any of it, not one paragraph, so if you’re not interested in how I came to see the future, or how I came to understand that the biggest truth in my life was a lie, or, for that matter, how I parlayed my distaste for hot dogs into an ’84 RX-7 and a new self-concept, do us both a favor, and just stop now.”

20. “First, I’m going to give you all the Copperfield crap, and I’m not going to apologize for any of it, not one paragraph, so if you’re not interested in how I came to see the future, or how I came to understand that the biggest truth in my life was a lie, or, for that matter, how I parlayed my distaste for hot dogs into an ’84 RX-7 and a new self-concept, do us both a favor, and just stop now.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “And I touched her with the strongest, most delicate touch in the world – like the thumb of God running down the spine of a baby bird.”

21. “And I touched her with the strongest, most delicate touch in the world – like the thumb of God running down the spine of a baby bird.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between writer and reader, an invaluable exchange of human conditions.”

22. “Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a collaboration between writer and reader, an invaluable exchange of human conditions.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “Can we really be whoever we want to be, now that we’ve collected all that we are?”

23. “Can we really be whoever we want to be, now that we’ve collected all that we are?”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “Limited points of view let the writer dispense – and the reader gather – information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise.”

24. “Limited points of view let the writer dispense – and the reader gather – information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “Fobbit is fast, razor sharp, and seven kinds of hilarious. Thank you, Mr. Abrams, for the much needed salve – it feels good to finally laugh about Iraq. Fobbit deserves a place alongside Slaughterhouse Five and Catch-22 as one of our great comic novels about the absurdity of war.”

25. “Fobbit is fast, razor sharp, and seven kinds of hilarious. Thank you, Mr. Abrams, for the much needed salve – it feels good to finally laugh about Iraq. Fobbit deserves a place alongside Slaughterhouse Five and Catch-22 as one of our great comic novels about the absurdity of war.”

— Jonathan Evison

Jonathan Evison Quote: “But you can see it, Harriet, a look in his eyes, an alertness, as if somewhere behind the disease, behind the scar tissue, behind the fog of disassociation, Bernard is all there, he’s just lost his ability to communicate. Like somebody turned off his volume. You’re certain he can see everything that is transpiring with crystal clarity, and he can’t do a goddamn thing about it.”

26. “But you can see it, Harriet, a look in his eyes, an alertness, as if somewhere behind the disease, behind the scar tissue, behind the fog of disassociation, Bernard is all there, he’s just lost his ability to communicate. Like somebody turned off his volume. You’re certain he can see everything that is transpiring with crystal clarity, and he can’t do a goddamn thing about it.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “Freddy, what if I told you I was gay?” He pursed his lips thoughtfully, considering the information for a few seconds as his fried egg shimmied in the pan. “Are you tellin’ me you are?” “Yeah.” “Hmph,” he said. “Didn’t see that one comin’.” Removing the skillet from the burner, he clapped me on the shoulder. “Look at the bright side: at least you ain’t black.”

27. “Freddy, what if I told you I was gay?” He pursed his lips thoughtfully, considering the information for a few seconds as his fried egg shimmied in the pan. “Are you tellin’ me you are?” “Yeah.” “Hmph,” he said. “Didn’t see that one comin’.” Removing the skillet from the burner, he clapped me on the shoulder. “Look at the bright side: at least you ain’t black.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “And most of us feel powerless. Motivated but powerless. Entertained but powerless. Informed but powerless. Fleetingly content, most of the time broke, sometimes hopeful, but ultimately powerless. And angry. Don’t forget angry.”

28. “And most of us feel powerless. Motivated but powerless. Entertained but powerless. Informed but powerless. Fleetingly content, most of the time broke, sometimes hopeful, but ultimately powerless. And angry. Don’t forget angry.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “More often than not, I know when, and why, I’m making a bad decision. Most of us do – and by us, I mean broke people.”

29. “More often than not, I know when, and why, I’m making a bad decision. Most of us do – and by us, I mean broke people.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “Familiarity trumps just about anything in the end. Why else would we keep making the same mistakes over and over?”

30. “Familiarity trumps just about anything in the end. Why else would we keep making the same mistakes over and over?”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “I feel like I have these qualities, and this energy and this desire, but I can’t find the wall to throw any of it at.”

31. “I feel like I have these qualities, and this energy and this desire, but I can’t find the wall to throw any of it at.”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “I’m just trying to figure out how to be happy without being the best at anything, you know?”

32. “I’m just trying to figure out how to be happy without being the best at anything, you know?”

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Jonathan Evison Quote: “The stakes are higher than you may ever know. Your life, man, it’s a reflection of everything. Everything that ever was. You’re a link in the chain, but it’s more than a chain. It’s like a whole gigantic fabric. A huge quilt. And God, God’s like the needle. God sews it all together. God connects us. It’s a crazy ass quilt, and every square is different, see, but God connects us.”

33. “The stakes are higher than you may ever know. Your life, man, it’s a reflection of everything. Everything that ever was. You’re a link in the chain, but it’s more than a chain. It’s like a whole gigantic fabric. A huge quilt. And God, God’s like the needle. God sews it all together. God connects us. It’s a crazy ass quilt, and every square is different, see, but God connects us.”

— Jonathan Evison

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