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Jennifer Egan quotes: One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling. One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling.
Jennifer Egan quotes: This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words. This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can. Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.
Jennifer Egan quotes: We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well. We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Hindsight creates the illusion that your life has led you inevitably to the present moment. Hindsight creates the illusion that your life has led you inevitably to the present moment.
Jennifer Egan quotes: But a story was invisible, infinite, it had no size or shape. Information. It could fill the world or fit inside a fingernail. But a story was invisible, infinite, it had no size or shape. Information. It could fill the world or fit inside a fingernail.
Jennifer Egan quotes: The monkey's face had more emotions than a human's: curiosity, pity, exhaustion, like he'd already seen too much. Danny had to look away. The monkey's face had more emotions than a human's: curiosity, pity, exhaustion, like he'd already seen too much. Danny had to look away.
Jennifer Egan quotes: There are so many things that can take a person somewhere else, but none of those things ever happened to me, There are so many things that can take a person somewhere else, but none of those things ever happened to me,
Jennifer Egan quotes: Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone? Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone?
Jennifer Egan quotes: Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins. Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you. Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.
Jennifer Egan quotes: You said you were a fairy princessYou said you were a shooting starYou said we'd go to Bora BoraNow look at where the fuck we are You said you were a fairy princess
You said you were a shooting star
You said we'd go to Bora Bora
Now look at where the fuck we are
Jennifer Egan quotes: And the feeling I had was not of wanting her so much as being surrounded by her, blundering inside her life without having moved. And the feeling I had was not of wanting her so much as being surrounded by her, blundering inside her life without having moved.
Jennifer Egan quotes: That's how New York looked: like a gorgeous, easy thing to have, even for me. That's how New York looked: like a gorgeous, easy thing to have, even for me.
Jennifer Egan quotes: But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys. But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys.
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Jennifer Egan quotes: She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be. She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be.
Jennifer Egan quotes: The blue, mosquitoey night pushes in from the hotel windows. The blue, mosquitoey night pushes in from the hotel windows.
Jennifer Egan quotes: and the question is, which one is really "you, and the question is, which one is really "you,
Jennifer Egan quotes: Redemption, transformationGod how she wanted these things. Every day, every minute. Didn't everyone? Redemption, transformation
God how she wanted these things. Every day, every minute. Didn't everyone?
Jennifer Egan quotes: Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work. Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity. Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Mindy felt a jolt of attraction roughly akin to having someone seize her intestines and twist. Mindy felt a jolt of attraction roughly akin to having someone seize her intestines and twist.
Jennifer Egan quotes: It was the silliest victory of her entire life. It was the silliest victory of her entire life.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I don't want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art. I don't want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I honestly don't." ... "You grew up, Alex. I don't know what happened to me," he said, shaking his head. "I honestly don't." ...
"You grew up, Alex.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Kind of like saying 'no offense' when you've just said something offensive? Kind of like saying 'no offense' when you've just said something offensive?
Jennifer Egan quotes: It began the usual way, in the bathroom of the Lassimo Hotel. It began the usual way, in the bathroom of the Lassimo Hotel.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Even the most secure houses achieve, in deep night, a state of relative unconsciousness. Even the most secure houses achieve, in deep night, a state of relative unconsciousness.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Time's a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?" Scotty shook his head. "The goon won. Time's a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?" Scotty shook his head. "The goon won.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Bernadette longs for this moment as if it had already passed, as if it could have been. Yet here it is. Bernadette longs for this moment as if it had already passed, as if it could have been. Yet here it is.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Real computers scared me; if you can find Them, then They can find you ... Real computers scared me; if you can find Them, then They can find you ...
Jennifer Egan quotes: That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out. That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out.
Jennifer Egan quotes: That's factually crazy... That's factually crazy...
Jennifer Egan quotes: I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly. I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly.
Jennifer Egan quotes: [I]t may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering. [I]t may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Power is like that; everyone feels it at once. Power is like that; everyone feels it at once.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Jules turned to her, incredulous. 'Do you socialize with Republicans?''It happens, Jules. Jules turned to her, incredulous. 'Do you socialize with Republicans?'
'It happens, Jules.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense. I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense.
Jennifer Egan quotes: NICOLE CULLEN Long Tom Lookout NICOLE CULLEN Long Tom Lookout
Jennifer Egan quotes: if thr r childrn thr mst be a fUtr rt? if thr r childrn thr mst be a fUtr rt?
Jennifer Egan quotes: It's turning out to be a bad day, a day when the sun feels like teeth. It's turning out to be a bad day, a day when the sun feels like teeth.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Oh we'll know each other forever, Bix says. The days of losing touch are almost gone. Oh we'll know each other forever, Bix says. The days of losing touch are almost gone.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Bennie has light brown skin and excellent eyes, and he irons his hair in a Mohawk as shiny black as a virgin record. Bennie has light brown skin and excellent eyes, and he irons his hair in a Mohawk as shiny black as a virgin record.
Jennifer Egan quotes: The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material. The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff ... forms a base on which to build something better. Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff ... forms a base on which to build something better.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget. I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection; Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection;
Jennifer Egan quotes: Everyone we've lost, we'll find. Or they'll find us. Everyone we've lost, we'll find. Or they'll find us.
Jennifer Egan quotes: See how everything now is precious, how someday I'll know I was lucky to be here. See how everything now is precious, how someday I'll know I was lucky to be here.
Jennifer Egan quotes: What I Suddenly UnderstandMy job is to make people uncomfortable. + I will do it all my life. > My mother, Sasha Blake, is my first victim. What I Suddenly Understand
My job is to make people uncomfortable. + I will do it all my life.
> My mother, Sasha Blake, is my first victim.
Jennifer Egan quotes: A swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff A swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff
Jennifer Egan quotes: There are things you're just positive will happen to you. Then there's that second when you realize, Jesus Christ. Maybe they won't. There are things you're just positive will happen to you. Then there's that second when you realize, Jesus Christ. Maybe they won't.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Then tell them, faintly, 'I heard screaming'. Men with a history of violence live in fear of retribution. Then tell them, faintly, 'I heard screaming'. Men with a history of violence live in fear of retribution.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Time's a goon right? Isn't that the expression? Time's a goon right? Isn't that the expression?
Jennifer Egan quotes: So this is it what cost me all that time. A man who turned out to be old, a house that turned out to be empty. So this is it what cost me all that time. A man who turned out to be old, a house that turned out to be empty.
Jennifer Egan quotes: A frenzy of activity that had mostly led him in circles: wasn't that a fairly accurate description of lust? A frenzy of activity that had mostly led him in circles: wasn't that a fairly accurate description of lust?
Jennifer Egan quotes: She'd risked everything, and here was the result: the raw, warped core of her life. She'd risked everything, and here was the result: the raw, warped core of her life.
Jennifer Egan quotes: They were snobs or idiots or both ... yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness. They were snobs or idiots or both ... yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Noreen didn't speak, and as the minutes passed she seemed to fade into the rummaging breeze and chatter of insects, as if the night itself were alive. Noreen didn't speak, and as the minutes passed she seemed to fade into the rummaging breeze and chatter of insects, as if the night itself were alive.
Jennifer Egan quotes: The sound of the wind against the sides of the house is exactly like the sound of wolf fur against cardboard. The sound of the wind against the sides of the house is exactly like the sound of wolf fur against cardboard.
Jennifer Egan quotes: All her excitement had seeped away, leaving behind a terrible sadness, an emptiness that felt violent, as if she'd been gouged. All her excitement had seeped away, leaving behind a terrible sadness, an emptiness that felt violent, as if she'd been gouged.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, 'I'm going to ace this.' It's just not who I am. I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, 'I'm going to ace this.' It's just not who I am.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I think, The world is actually huge. That's the part no one can really explain. I think, The world is actually huge. That's the part no one can really explain.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I can't tell if she's actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real? I can't tell if she's actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real?
Jennifer Egan quotes: He looks tired, like someone walked on his skin and left footprints. He looks tired, like someone walked on his skin and left footprints.
Jennifer Egan quotes: There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing. There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing.
Jennifer Egan quotes: You can do it alone. But it's going to be so much harder. You can do it alone. But it's going to be so much harder.
Jennifer Egan quotes: That we have some history together that hasn't happened yet. That we have some history together that hasn't happened yet.
Jennifer Egan quotes: He sensed between them an understanding too deep to articulate: the unspeakable knowledge that everything is lost. He sensed between them an understanding too deep to articulate: the unspeakable knowledge that everything is lost.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I turn to contemporary fiction seeking a shared awareness with the writer of the cultural moment we both occupy, its peculiar challenges. I turn to contemporary fiction seeking a shared awareness with the writer of the cultural moment we both occupy, its peculiar challenges.
Jennifer Egan quotes: ...our familiar features rinsed in weird adulthood. ...our familiar features rinsed in weird adulthood.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Her face was fragile and mischievous, pale enough to absorb hues from the world around her-purple, green, pink-like a face painted by Lucian Freud. Her face was fragile and mischievous, pale enough to absorb hues from the world around her-purple, green, pink-like a face painted by Lucian Freud.
Jennifer Egan quotes: With an earnestness that would be laughable in a person who wasn't from Wisconsin. With an earnestness that would be laughable in a person who wasn't from Wisconsin.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I am at my worst trying to write about things that overlap with my life. I am at my worst trying to write about things that overlap with my life.
Jennifer Egan quotes: The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don't listen to them - listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen. The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don't listen to them - listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen.
Jennifer Egan quotes: CRAIG DAVIDSON Medium Tough CRAIG DAVIDSON Medium Tough
Jennifer Egan quotes: 'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years. 'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.
Jennifer Egan quotes: The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age. The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Reach isn't describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it's simultaneous. Reach isn't describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it's simultaneous.
Jennifer Egan quotes: No one is waiting for me. In this story, I'm the girl no one is waiting for. No one is waiting for me. In this story, I'm the girl no one is waiting for.
Jennifer Egan quotes: See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. "It's mine. See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. "It's mine.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet. Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet.
Jennifer Egan quotes: And Alex understood that Scotty Hausmann did not exist. He was a word casing in human form: a shell whose essence has vanished. And Alex understood that Scotty Hausmann did not exist. He was a word casing in human form: a shell whose essence has vanished.
Jennifer Egan quotes: That's what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to. That's what death is, Danny thought: wanting to talk to someone and not being able to.
Jennifer Egan quotes: When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened? When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?
Jennifer Egan quotes: Vinegar: that's what fear smells like. Vinegar: that's what fear smells like.
Jennifer Egan quotes: It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave his roads? It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave his roads?
Jennifer Egan quotes: ...water laughing softly down a black stone wall. ...water laughing softly down a black stone wall.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Skin-that smooth plump sweetly fragrant sac upon which life scrawls the record of our failures and exhaustion Skin-that smooth plump sweetly fragrant sac upon which life scrawls the record of our failures and exhaustion
Jennifer Egan quotes: I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and an intellectual question. I don't really know where my ideas come from. I start with a time and a place. That's what I need to get started, and an intellectual question.
Jennifer Egan quotes: And it's all kind of moving and sweet except that you're not completely there - a part of you is a few feet away, or above, thinking, And it's all kind of moving and sweet except that you're not completely there - a part of you is a few feet away, or above, thinking,
Jennifer Egan quotes: Eyebrows have never inflicted a moment of pain on me. Eyebrows have never inflicted a moment of pain on me.
Jennifer Egan quotes: It is technically impossible for a man to look better in a Speedo than in swim trunks. It is technically impossible for a man to look better in a Speedo than in swim trunks.
Jennifer Egan quotes: I sensed immediately that he'd once been overweight. He moved with a fat person's tiptoey apology. I sensed immediately that he'd once been overweight. He moved with a fat person's tiptoey apology.
Jennifer Egan quotes: If you don't have people that the reader cares about and stories that are gripping, you've got nothing. If you don't have people that the reader cares about and stories that are gripping, you've got nothing.
Jennifer Egan quotes: What he needed was to find fifty more people like him, who had stopped being themselves without realizing it. What he needed was to find fifty more people like him, who had stopped being themselves without realizing it.
Jennifer Egan quotes: Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do. Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.
Jennifer Egan quotes: STEPHEN O'CONNOR Next to Nothing STEPHEN O'CONNOR Next to Nothing
Jennifer Egan quotes: I'm a dogged person. I respond to adversity with a steely resistance. I'm a dogged person. I respond to adversity with a steely resistance.

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