American - Novelist | September 7, 1962 -
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
LifeMotherExperienceBrotherDown
There are a lot of writers who find a groove and spend a career mining that vein. I seem to be exactly the opposite.
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I have a tendency to coddle my sons because I want to keep them safe, but I also want them to be strong and independent and curious and bold, and I worry that my coddling is going to have exactly the opposite effect.
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The sheer sensory experience of San Francisco is unlike anywhere else. Not just the physical beauty, but the textures, the feel, the wind, the ocean. It's a monumental feeling unrivaled by anywhere else. Its a world class, gorgeous city. And the coffee is great.
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I'm not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.
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I've been interested in terrorism from the very beginning. My first novel is about that, too, and I think one reason I've been so interested in terrorism is because I have a deep interest - one of my deepest interests - in image culture and how it works. And terrorism is an epiphenomenon of image culture.
CultureBeginningDeepThinkImage
If you can write any way and it's working out, just bow down in gratitude.
GratitudeYouDownWayWriteOut
'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.
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Reading is a lot like eating for me: If I try to read a book I'm not hungry for, I won't enjoy it, but if I wait until I have a real appetite for something, I'll devour it.
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I just think that, for my particular personality, feeling slightly invisible is always a help.
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It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction.
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I can't even imagine writing nonfiction by hand. I think if I didn't have a computer, I just couldn't do it. Maybe it's a brain-section issue.
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