Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Three-dimensional results are important to me. I did once spend some time just writing, and floating around, and I lost my mind… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Every time I get through the work on a book of nonfiction, I say I'll never do it again; it takes so… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
The weird thing is that working within an established story was actually kind of liberating. You know the beginning and middle and… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
She needs a new journal. The one she has is problematic. To get to the present, she needs to page through the… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
If you want to write about people, you can make it up. But if you spend time talking to someone and examining… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list.… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Nonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“That’s what books do. They are the building blocks, the DNA, if you will, of you. Think of everything you have ever… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“You better [start writing] now because you know how to write, and you have fingers, and you have this one life, and… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“4. THE CRUMBLING WALL (Hamburger, prepared medium well, with bacon and barbecue sauce. Courtesy of that place on Solano, where, it should be mentioned,… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“LOW-FLYING, QUICK-MOVING CLOUDS: I haven't long to live. TREETOPS, ROUNDED AND ROUGH: That's probably true. LOW-FLYING, QUICK-MOVING CLOUDS: I won't even make it to… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
But the grind has begun. The windows don’t open, and even the availability of near-constant jokes about Jews and Mormons fails to stem the… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
We feel that to reveal embarrassing or private things, we have given someone something, that, like a primitive person fearing that a photographer will… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
I think I'm far too hopeful and trusting. That's something I got from my mum. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“Overnight, all comment boards became civil, all posters held accountable. The trolls, who had more or less overtaken the internet, were driven back into… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“What can one do with one's hands when the camera is interested in other things?” — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“The money that could have saved the Shuttle, and the money we send to random countries, that we use to remake unchangeable countries ten… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
The only infallible truth of our lives is that everything we love in life will be taken from us. — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
![“You better [start writing] now because you know how to write, and you have fingers, and you have this one life, and during this one life, you should put your words down, and make your voice heard, and then let others hear your voice. And the only way any of that’s going to happen is if you…” quote by Dave Eggers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c75/dave-eggers-638_thoughts-in-your-hea_you-better-start-writing-now-because-you_3224489.jpg)
