Want Quotes by Jennifer Egan

8 Want quotes by Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan captures Want in a handful of crisp, modern lines, each offering a snapshot of contemporary yearning. The eight quotes make for a quick, relatable read.

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Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want…

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I write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction…

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We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line…

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If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a…

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Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong…

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She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be.

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“I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to…

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I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle,…

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I had this idea that I could hire myself out as a person to go on archeological digs and dig, without any training! I…

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I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.

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