David Lipsky Quotes

• David Foster Wallace: I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and you’re the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy. When in fact there are parts of us, in a way, that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need, I think—and I’m not saying I’m the person to do it. But I think what we need is seriously engaged art, that can teach again that we’re smart. And that there’s stuff that TV and movies—although they’re great at certain things—cannot give us.

  David Lipsky

  Art, Thinking, Giving

  David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.71, Broadway Books

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• And I think that the ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to find out early it doesn't mean anything. Which means you get to start early the work of figuring out what does mean something -- David Foster Wallace

  David Lipsky

  Mean, Thinking, Doe

  David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.69, Broadway Books

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• I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me.

  David Lipsky

  Universe

  David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.94, Broadway Books

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• My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.

  David Lipsky

  Ambition, Serious, Know Me

  David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.118, Broadway Books

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