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title: "13 Write Quotes By Jennifer Egan"
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> [“I haven’t had writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-haven-t-had-writer-s-block-i-think-it-s-because-my-process-involves/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [If you can write any way and it's working out, just bow down in gratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/if-you-can-write-any-way-and-it-s-working-out-just-bow-down-in/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [I write with pen and paper, my first draft, on legal pads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-write-with-pen-and-paper-my-first-draft-on-legal-pads/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [I write to escape from my life. Writing about men separates 'me' from my work in a way that I find comforting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-write-to-escape-from-my-life-writing-about-men-separates-me-from-my/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [I am at my worst trying to write about things that overlap with my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-am-at-my-worst-trying-to-write-about-things-that-overlap-with-my/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-always-feel-very-afraid-as-i-work-on-books-it-s-just-so-hard-to/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/be-willing-and-unafraid-to-write-badly-because-often-the-bad-stuff/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/that-adage-about-write-what-you-know-is-basically-the-opposite-of-the/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [When I had my first child, I didn't write for a year, and I felt when I tried to start again I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/when-i-had-my-first-child-i-didn-t-write-for-a-year-and-i-felt-when-i/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/read-at-the-level-at-which-you-want-to-write-reading-is-the/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-write-totally-spontaneously-i-actually-write-fiction-by-hand-that/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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> [I'm not reading what I write when I wrote. It's an unconscious outpouring that's a mess, and it's many, many steps away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-m-not-reading-what-i-write-when-i-wrote-it-s-an-unconscious/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-write-my-first-draft-by-hand-at-least-for-fiction-for-non-fiction-i/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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## Other authors on Write

## More by Jennifer Egan

> [“Behind the desk was nothing but view-the whole city flung out in front of us the way street vendors fling out their towels packed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/behind-the-desk-was-nothing-but-view-the-whole-city-flung-out-in/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [I just think that, for my particular personality, feeling slightly invisible is always a help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-just-think-that-for-my-particular-personality-feeling-slightly/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [Between books, I have to throw out everything I did before, because the tools I've used to write the previous book will not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/between-books-i-have-to-throw-out-everything-i-did-before-because-the/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [As a reader and a writer, I'm happiest when apparently mutually exclusive states can somehow coexist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/as-a-reader-and-a-writer-i-m-happiest-when-apparently-mutually/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [I teach intermittently, and while I enjoy it, I don't find that it's a calling for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-teach-intermittently-and-while-i-enjoy-it-i-don-t-find-that-it-s-a/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/like-all-failed-experiments-that-one-taught-me-something-i-didn-t/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [“Thousands of solar panels lift and tilt at the same time, in the same way. I clutch at Dad's arm: "Why are they doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/thousands-of-solar-panels-lift-and-tilt-at-the-same-time-in-the-same/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/it-was-the-hat-he-looked-sweet-in-the-hat-how-could-a-man-in-a-fuzzy/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-was-a-stepchild-in-two-different-families-the-hardest-thing-about/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [“The seconds pass. I know what’s going on because it’s the same thing that always happens: give me something nice, something I love or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/the-seconds-pass-i-know-what-s-going-on-because-it-s-the-same-thing/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [I had this idea that I could hire myself out as a person to go on archeological digs and dig, without any training! I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-had-this-idea-that-i-could-hire-myself-out-as-a-person-to-go-on/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [At night, the house thick with sleep, she would peer out her bedroom window at the trees and sky and feel the presence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/at-night-the-house-thick-with-sleep-she-would-peer-out-her-bedroom/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-number-my-drafts-and-by-the-time-a-book-is-done-i-ll-have-75-or-80/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/read-at-the-level-at-which-you-want-to-write-reading-is-the/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

> [I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-was-a-stepchild-in-two-different-families-the-hardest-thing-about-2/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

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