"Reading is the nourishment that lets you do……" — Jennifer Egan

"Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work,"

— Jennifer Egan

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109 Quotes by Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan has 109 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, I'm going to ace this. It's just not who…
So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably…
I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the…
One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed…
I guess it's always romantic when two people fall in love.... Even if it turns out not to be real.
Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.
I think, for one thing, all of us remember those teenage years and those songs that we fell in love…
Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing…
I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in…
Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.
Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took…
I am at my worst trying to write about things that overlap with my life.

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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