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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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 7, 1962

Topics

Marriage San Francisco Being Accepted

I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

Joaquin Phoenix

Work Fear Always Suffer Commit Then

In 1995, I made a website, and half the web came to see it, and I thought, 'Man, that's it, that's what I want to do.'

Jeffrey Zeldman

Man Thought Website Want See Web

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.

John Metcalf

Honest Keep Accurate Themselves

There is one thing that freezes a musician more than the deadliest physical cold, and that is the spiritual chill of an unresponsive audience!

John Philip Sousa

Spiritual Cold Chill More Audience

It's the government's job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it's the government's duty to inspire confidence.

Simon Cowell

Confidence Job Government Inspire

Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply preferred the thrill of a denied release. Whatever put the brakes on the famous pelvis, it ground to a halt at a certain point, and that was it.

Rita Moreno

Famous Whatever Point Ground Complex

I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.

Martina McBride

Breakfast Fruit Believe Important

Still, I tune out the visual input when it is too distracting, mainly in conversations.

Mike May

Out Visual Conversations Still Tune

My secret weapon is baking soda. It's a great natural exfoliator; you can put it in the shower and scrub down your body, and you can even use it on your teeth.

Molly Sims

Great Baking You Body Down Teeth

I have loved music so much from when I was little, and I don't know whether it was because I saw my dad doing it and then I got the idea; I don't know what came first... But I always had a hairbrush in the mirror singing. I was always with him backstage; I would go out and be pulled in for the last song.

Lisa Marie Presley

Music Mirror Singing Song Loved Go

If you're not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your 'today.' The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that's yours in Christ. Don't let it go.