--- title: "6 Goon Squad Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 6 Goon Squad quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Goon Squad sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/jennifer-egan-825_books_goon-squad-took-about-three-years-to-wri_404157.jpg" --- > [Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/goon-squad-took-about-three-years-to-write-and-that-s-the-short-end/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/jennifer-egan-825_books_goon-squad-took-about-three-years-to-wri_404157.jpg) > [In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/in-the-case-of-goon-squad-which-sold-slowly-for-a-long-time-despite/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/jennifer-egan-825_best_in-the-case-of-goon-squad-which-sold-slo_550976.jpg) > [I knew as far back as 2001 that I would write a book called 'A Visit From the Goon Squad,' though I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-knew-as-far-back-as-2001-that-i-would-write-a-book-called-a-visit/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/jennifer-egan-825_back_i-knew-as-far-back-as-2001-that-i-would_576407.jpg) > [Proust, my big inspiration for 'Goon Squad,' uses music a lot in his novel, both in terms of plot and structure. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/proust-my-big-inspiration-for-goon-squad-uses-music-a-lot-in-his/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5e/jennifer-egan-825_album_proust-my-big-inspiration-for-goon-squad_664533.jpg) > [The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/the-book-that-is-the-closest-genetically-to-goon-squad-is-look-at-me/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/jennifer-egan-825_about_the-book-that-is-the-closest-genetically_752240.jpg) > [Oooh, fashion, we are the goon squad and were coming to town, beep beep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/oooh-fashion-we-are-the-goon-squad-and-were-coming-to-town-beep-beep/) [David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/david-bowie-508_art_oooh-fashion-we-are-the-goon-squad-and-w_1439888.jpg) ## Top authors on Goon Squad - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jennifer-egan-48678.jpg) Jennifer Egan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goon-squad/jennifer-egan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goon-squad/#itemlist", "name": "Goon Squad Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. 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