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Jennifer Egan Quotes

...water laughing softly down a black stone wall Picture Quote #1

Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection; Picture Quote #1

That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet Picture Quote #1

He looks tired, like someone walked on his skin and left footprints Picture Quote #1

... water laughing softly down a black stone wall Picture Quote #1

Everyone we’ve lost, we’ll find. Or they’ll find us Picture Quote #1

A true friend is someone who accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future

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Men go shopping to buy what they need. Women go shopping to find out what they want

She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be Picture Quote #1

Vinegar: that’s what fear smells like Picture Quote #1

It’s finished. Everything went past, without me Picture Quote #1

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work Picture Quote #1

One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling Picture Quote #1

This is the music business. ‘Five years is five hundred years’ - your words Picture Quote #1

I never make the same mistake twice. I make it five or six times, just to be sure

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The darkest nights produce the brightest stars

There are so many ways to go wrong. All we’ve got are metaphors, and they’re never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing Picture Quote #1

The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn’t really over, so you’re relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL Picture Quote #1

I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only an infinitesimal difference, a difference so small that it barely existed except as a figment of the human imagination, between working in a tall green glass building on Park Avenue and collecting litter in a park. In fact, there may have been no difference at all Picture Quote #1

I picture it like Judgement Day,’ he says finally, his eyes on the water. ‘We’ll rise up out of our bodies and find each other again in spirit form. We’ll meet in that new place, all of us together, and first it’ll seem strange, and pretty soon it’ll seem strange that you could ever lose someone, or get lost Picture Quote #1

Nineteen eighty is almost here, thank God. the hippies are getting old, they blew their brains on acid and now they’re begging on street corners all over San Francisco. Their hair is tangled and their bare feet are thick and gray as shoes. We’re sick of them Picture Quote #1

So I feel that lack of qualification. And I’m scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won’t work out. That’s my basic mindset Picture Quote #1

I told you I'll be ready in FIVE minutes, stop calling me every half hour

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A year from now you'll wish you started today

Goon Squad’ took about three years to write and that’s the short end. My second novel, ‘Look at Me,’ took six years Picture Quote #1

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 the experience that was very helpful in terms of my sensory impressions of Africa. I have traveled quite a bit at distinct times in my life, though now that I have kids I’ve settled down Picture Quote #1

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 time, I’m less haunted by it than I was as a younger person. I guess that’s probably the ideal: to reach a point where you have access to all of your memories, but you don’t feel victimized by them Picture Quote #1

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 of time, so it’s hard to do both at once, but I try to do a big journalism piece every couple of years, and I’ll hopefully continue with that Picture Quote #1

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 ‘The Who,’ which was my absolute favorite band Picture Quote #1

I loved every minute of my childhood - sunbathing on the fire escape, digging for buried treasure in the back yard, pulling alewives out of the sand... Then it was all taken away from me. I came back every summer to visit my father until I was 18, but I was always the outsider Picture Quote #1

You don't need someone to complete you. You only need someone to accept you completely

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Be yourself; everyone else is already taken

The average person might articulate them differently, but we all think about interpersonal relationships in one way or another. Writers just express that in different ways and capture it in different ways. To some degree, we’re all thinking about the same things. It’s the zeitgeist. The trick, in a way, as a writer, is to hope that your interests in some sense link up with the culture around you Picture Quote #1

I was obsessed with The Who. I would have accepted a marriage proposal from Roger Daltrey on the spot. I went to all of their shows in San Francisco and some in L.A. That was as close as I got to being a groupie Picture Quote #1

I’m just interested in serialization in fiction. I’m fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I’m interested in ways to bring that back to fiction Picture Quote #1

It’s turning out to be a bad day, a day when the sun feels like teeth Picture Quote #1

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that’s what gets me the best material Picture Quote #1

Reach isn’t describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it’s simultaneous Picture Quote #1

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...water laughing softly down a black stone wall. (Jennifer Egan Quotes) Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection; (Jennifer Egan Quotes) That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet (Jennifer Egan Quotes) He looks tired, like someone walked on his skin and left footprints (Jennifer Egan Quotes) ... water laughing softly down a black stone wall (Jennifer Egan Quotes) Everyone we’ve lost, we’ll find. Or they’ll find us (Jennifer Egan Quotes) She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be (Jennifer Egan Quotes) Vinegar: that’s what fear smells like (Jennifer Egan Quotes) It’s finished. Everything went past, without me (Jennifer Egan Quotes) Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work (Jennifer Egan Quotes) One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling (Jennifer Egan Quotes) This is the music business. ‘Five years is five hundred years’ - your words (Jennifer Egan Quotes) There are so many ways to go wrong. All we’ve got are metaphors, and they’re never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing (Jennifer Egan Quotes) The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn’t really over, so you’re relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL (Jennifer Egan Quotes) I felt no shame in these activities, because I understood what almost no one else seemed to grasp: that there was only an infinitesimal difference, a difference so small that it barely existed except as a figment of the human imagination, between working in a tall green glass building on Park Avenue and collecting litter in a park. In fact, there may have been no difference at all (Jennifer Egan Quotes) I picture it like Judgement Day,’ he says finally, his eyes on the water. ‘We’ll rise up out of our bodies and find each other again in spirit form. We’ll meet in that new place, all of us together, and first it’ll seem strange, and pretty soon it’ll seem strange that you could ever lose someone, or get lost (Jennifer Egan Quotes) Nineteen eighty is almost here, thank God. the hippies are getting old, they blew their brains on acid and now they’re begging on street corners all over San Francisco. Their hair is tangled and their bare feet are thick and gray as shoes. We’re sick of them (Jennifer Egan Quotes) So I feel that lack of qualification. And I’m scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won’t work out. That’s my basic mindset (Jennifer Egan Quotes) Goon Squad’ took about three years to write and that’s the short end. My second novel, ‘Look at Me,’ took six years (Jennifer Egan Quotes) 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 the experience that was very helpful in terms of my sensory impressions of Africa. I have traveled quite a bit at distinct times in my life, though now that I have kids I’ve settled down (Jennifer Egan Quotes) 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 time, I’m less haunted by it than I was as a younger person. I guess that’s probably the ideal: to reach a point where you have access to all of your memories, but you don’t feel victimized by them (Jennifer Egan Quotes) 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 of time, so it’s hard to do both at once, but I try to do a big journalism piece every couple of years, and I’ll hopefully continue with that (Jennifer Egan Quotes) 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 ‘The Who,’ which was my absolute favorite band (Jennifer Egan Quotes) I loved every minute of my childhood - sunbathing on the fire escape, digging for buried treasure in the back yard, pulling alewives out of the sand... Then it was all taken away from me. I came back every summer to visit my father until I was 18, but I was always the outsider (Jennifer Egan Quotes) The average person might articulate them differently, but we all think about interpersonal relationships in one way or another. Writers just express that in different ways and capture it in different ways. To some degree, we’re all thinking about the same things. It’s the zeitgeist. The trick, in a way, as a writer, is to hope that your interests in some sense link up with the culture around you (Jennifer Egan Quotes) I was obsessed with The Who. I would have accepted a marriage proposal from Roger Daltrey on the spot. I went to all of their shows in San Francisco and some in L.A. That was as close as I got to being a groupie (Jennifer Egan Quotes) I’m just interested in serialization in fiction. I’m fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I’m interested in ways to bring that back to fiction. (Jennifer Egan Quotes) It’s turning out to be a bad day, a day when the sun feels like teeth (Jennifer Egan Quotes) The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that’s what gets me the best material. (Jennifer Egan Quotes) Reach isn’t describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it’s simultaneous (Jennifer Egan Quotes)

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