I grew up in the 70s, when people talked on the phone - and just talked more. I remember the phone was the epicenter of our house. I spent hours every evening as a teenager waiting for the phone to ring and talking to my friends. Before the age of technology, it was also easier to just disappear from the face of the earth.
That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out. - Jennifer Egan
That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out.
- Jennifer Egan
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, cli… - Jennifer Egan
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, cli…
Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and f… - Jennifer Egan
Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and f…
I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art. - Jennifer Egan
I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.
Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet. - Jennifer Egan
Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet.
I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget. - Jennifer Egan
I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.
Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better. - Jennifer Egan
Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.
Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work. - Jennifer Egan
Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work.
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
The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.
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