All Jennifer Egan Quotes
- But I always need to identify with a character to write about him or her - and by 'identify,' I mean see the world through… Acts
- I did go on safari in Kenya when I was 17, with my mother, stepfather and little brother, and I kept a careful journal of… Africa
- I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and… Book
- I find myself thinking more about the past as I get older... maybe because there's just more of it to think about. At the same… Access
- I hope to keep writing journalism as long as I write fiction; it's afforded me such amazing adventures and opportunities. It does take a lot… Adventure
- I listened to classic rock and roll, and punk rock. 'Goon Squad' provides a pretty accurate playlist of my teenage years, though it leaves out… Absolute
- I loved every minute of my childhood - sunbathing on the fire escape, digging for buried treasure in the back yard, pulling alewives out of… All
- Technology makes everyone feel old. A laptop is old after two years. Someone always has something newer. Everyone seems to feel obsolete now, even the… Everyone
- And it may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering, as it did at the… Craving
- 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… Adjusting
- I had this idea that I could hire myself out as a person to go on archeological digs and dig, without any training! I actually… Actually Wrote
- 'Look at Me' started with Rockford, Illinois and New York and the question of how much image culture was changing our inner lives. That's an… Abstract
- We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line of bullshit back… Bullshit
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- When the clock stops on a life, all things emanating from it become precious, finite, and cordoned off for preservation. Each aspect of the dead… Alive
- I wonder what Proust would have made of our present-day locus of collective fantasy, the Internet. I’m guessing he would have seized on its wistful… Act
- happened as I listened: I felt pain. Not in my head, not in my arm, not in my leg; everywhere at once. I told myself… Acquired
- 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… Don T
- I think, The world is actually huge. That's the part no one can really explain. Explain
- I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd… Any