American - Novelist | September 7, 1962 -
I haven't read a lot of science fiction, and I never intend to write it; it seems to happen a little bit inadvertently for me, in that I'm trying to follow people into points in their lives that demand that I investigate the future.
Jennifer Egan
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I love the thriller genre generally. I like murder mysteries and those kinds of adventure stories.
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I write with pen and paper, my first draft, on legal pads.
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I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.
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I knew as far back as 2001 that I would write a book called 'A Visit From the Goon Squad,' though I had no idea what kind of book it would be.
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I have a hatred of familiarity. If I feel like I am doing something I've done before, it feels old and done. I feel I have no choice but to strike out in directions that feel new - anything less just doesn't seem worth it.
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I never did anything original my whole childhood. I was invisible.
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Remaining a pop phenomenon for 20 years without dying or lapsing into self-parody is quite a feat.
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I spend so long writing each of my novels that by the time I'm done with one, I'm ready to discover a totally different world.
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After 9/11, the U.S. seemed vulnerable for the first time in a long time. We were no longer the superpower that no other country could touch. I thought, 'When and how did that dominance begin?'
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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.
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I felt unbelievably lucky to have the success I did with 'Goon Squad,' and I also felt the pressure of how fleeting that success can be.
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