Jon McGregor

I'm surprised, but I'm glad, I realise that this is what i wanted that night last week, to simply make a connection and keep hold of it. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#love

I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#cool #front #his #i #john

It is something I recognise in myself. I do eavesdrop. I do people-watch, a lot. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#i #i do #lot #myself #recognise

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#carry #creativity #dealing #energy #impressive

Everybody's got their own situation and their own needs. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#got #needs #own #situation #their

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#had #i #just #last #novel

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#book #embarrassing #had #i #now

It would have been very easy to drift into writing a non-fiction book so by taking it away from Nottingham I forced myself to imagine much more of it. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#been #book #drift #easy #forced