Jesse Kellerman Quotes

United States, Novelist
September 1, 1978

Jesse Oren Kellerman (born September 1, 1978) is an American novelist and playwright. He has published the novels: Sunstroke (2006), Trouble (2007), The Genius (2008), The Executor (2010), I'll Catch You (2012), and with his father, Jonathan Kellerman, The Golem of Hollywood (2014). For his play, Things Beyond Our Control (2004) he was honored with a Princess Grace Award, which recognizes emerging talent in theater, dance, and film in the U.S.

Also known as Playwright

It's impossible for me to disentangle how much of my storytelling urge is the product of growing up with novelist parents and how much is a genetic legacy from those same parents.

Jesse Kellerman
- Up
- Parents
- Growing
There was a time, after I earned my graduate degree and before I sold my first novel, when it looked like I might have to get an office job.

Jesse Kellerman
- Time
- Job

Science, literature, and common sense tell us that the self is a fickle thing, subject to revision in real time, and that the chasm that exists between any two people exists inside each and every one of us.

Jesse Kellerman
- People
- Time
- Real
Aside from a brief stint as a writing tutor during graduate school, I have managed to avoid respectable employment all my adult life.

Jesse Kellerman
- Life
- Writing
- School
In general, the human race is still a young organism.

Jesse Kellerman
I had some trepidation about working with someone else, especially a family member. You don't want work to affect your personal relationship.

Jesse Kellerman
- Work
- Family
- Relationship
Being a member of the Nintendo generation, I've got a really short attention span.

Jesse Kellerman
- Attention
I don't intend to write the same kind of book for the rest of my life because I feel I would not be satisfied only writing in one mode.

Jesse Kellerman
- Life
- Writing
- Book

People are both more willing and less willing to talk to you when you're a writer.

Jesse Kellerman
- People