The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader … - David Foster Wallace

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The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages.

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David Foster Wallace (21 February 1962 – 12 September 2008) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His works include The Broom of the System (novel), Infinite Jest (novel), The Girl With Curious Hair (short story collection), Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (short story collection), A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (essay collection), and the posthumously-published The Pale King (novel) and Both Flesh and Not (essay collection).

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sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them.

Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality — there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth — actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested.

There’s been time this whole time. You can’t kill time with your heart. Everything takes time.

The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the <i>wall,</i> during the first eight pages. - David Foster Wallace

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