Someone worked really hard to make the language just right, just the way they wanted it. They were so sure of it that they printed it in ink, on paper. A screen always feels like we could delete that, change that, move it around. So for a literature-crazed person like me, it's just not permanent enough.... it's going to be very hard to make the world work if there's no permanence like that. That kind of radical contingency is not compatible with a system of justice or responsible self-government.


"Jonathan Franzen Warns Ebooks are Corroding Values," The Guardian (Jan 30, 2012)

Jonathan Franzen Quotes

Someone worked really hard to make the language just right, just the way they wanted it. They were so sure of it that they printed it in ink, on...

Someone worked really hard to make the language just right, just the way they wanted it. They were so sure of it that they printed it in ink, on...

Someone worked really hard to make the language just right, just the way they wanted it. They were so sure of it that they printed it in ink, on...

Someone worked really hard to make the language just right, just the way they wanted it. They were so sure of it that they printed it in ink, on...