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Jennifer Egan Quotes

American - Novelist | September 7, 1962 -

I love the infinite variety of New York, how it's the epicenter of so many worlds.

Love New York New Infinite Variety

I love how close New York is to Europe; I love the seasons, and I don't think I could live without them. They're the way I track the passage of time.

Love Live Time New York Think New

It's not that I sit down and write great stuff without thinking, not at all. Most of it is terrible. But the stuff that feels fun and fresh to me tends to happen fairly unthinkingly.

Great Fun Me Thinking Down Write

I don't really begin with ideas about genre. I certainly wrote a gothic novel, 'The Keep,' that conformed to and, in some ways, played with every convention I knew of to work with in the gothic, but the way I came to it was very instinctive and visceral.

Work Ideas Way Begin Keep Knew

I think the big lesson I've learned is that it's very hard to write satire in America because almost immediately, whatever you've thought of turns out to come true, or sometimes it already was true.

Think Thought America You Lesson

I think a playful critique is good for all of us, and that's basically how I see satire functioning. But I'm not interested in a kind of contemptuous satirical vision; I try always, even when I'm knowingly being satirical, to also be humane, but I mean, let's face it: there's plenty in American life to make fun of, and we all participate in it.

Life Good Vision Fun Face Think

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

Me Process Feeling Place Know Way

When I pick up a book that's, you know, wreathed in laurels, I expect a lot, and that doesn't give the book its best chance to shine.

Best Shine Book Chance You Know

I blurb a lot of books by women, and I'm eager to provide encouragement and support for young women.

Women Support Encouragement Young

Criticism is fine and conversation is fine, but the person who's criticizing should know what they're saying and whom they're criticizing.

Saying Criticism Conversation Person

I think there are ways in which we censor ourselves; that's the most dangerous kind of censorship - that's how hegemony works.

Think Dangerous Censorship Kind Most

In terms of rock and roll, I'm often drawn to louder, rougher stuff; maybe that's my history as a punk rock wannabee showing itself! Honestly, though, I'm not one of those people who listens to music constantly. I really love silence.

Love Music History Silence People

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