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Jennifer Egan Quotes

I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Go Say Mean Write First Things

When I was 15, I got a job at the first Hollister that opened up.

Job First Up Got Opened

The early part of my career I really struggled, getting turned down again and again. I was in debt, and it was horrible. And then my family hit such highs in their careers, I asked myself what I was thinking going into the same profession.

Joely Richardson

Family Myself Thinking Early Career

I'm hosting a quiz show, but I never considered myself a game show host.

Myself Game Never Show Host Hosting

I guess any simple idea that is really good will catch on quickly.

Good Simple Will Catch Idea Guess

I love the op-ed pages of the 'L.A. Times,' the 'Washington Post' and the 'New York Times.' There's just no substitute for the people who are thinking and writing on those pages.

Love New York People Writing New

I'm like the opposite of an 'office guy.' I don't want to be at the arena until right before my match.

Want Office Right Guy Opposite Like

I'm in the pursuit of excellence. One foot at a time, one camp at a time.

Time Excellence Foot Pursuit Camp

The first thing I've learned is to trust nobody.

Trust Nobody First Learned Thing

What's fun about chefs is that they're big guys, often, and they might not look like the most athletic people, but they're very powerful people, and they have tremendous stamina... It takes a toll on their body, too.

Fun People Powerful Body Look Big

My job is to make the case that I'll do the best job possible representing the people of Georgia's Sixth District, and what they want is representation that's focused on them and not this national partisan political circus.

Best Job People Political Possible

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.

Best Politics People Think America

The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of incongruous quotations) is a Surrealist taste.

Taste Juxtaposition Quotations

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