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Jennifer Egan Quotes

When I'm not writing, I feel an awareness that something's missing. If I go a long time, it becomes worse. I become depressed. There's something vital that's not happening.

Jennifer Egan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Time Writing Feel Long Go Long Time

Christian values were important at home. Cleanliness. Don't steal. Don't lie. Those were the rules, and they were strictly enforced. Especially the stealing and lying. When you broke the rules, you got a beating. I always broke the rules a lot.

Jimmy Cliff

Home Lie Christian You Values Rules

My mother wanted me to be a doctor.

John Delaney

Mother Me Doctor Wanted

Here's what's nice about life: Sometimes you have ideas and for the most part, they're not good ones. And then you'll follow through with a handful of them and sometimes you'll be pretty disappointed. And then other times you'll follow through and you'll go, 'You know what? It's nice to be right.'

Max Greenfield

Life Good Ideas You Nice Sometimes

You don't get to choose where you were born; you only get to choose where you live.

Matt Rosendale

Live You Choose Born Where Get

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

Steve Buscemi

Writing Story Bad Structure Dialogue

It's always difficult when you're on a show that goes for more than a year or a couple of years.

Simon Baker

Year You More Difficult Always Show

I think you go nuts when you get older.

Roy Lichtenstein

Think You Go Nuts Get Older

The future of TV is not on TV. It's on the smaller screens we are all using in front of the television set.

Jorge Ramos

Future Television Screens Set Front

I'm very proud to be from Jacksonville.

Johnny Van Zant

Proud Very

'The X-Files' from the beginning was a very visual show, and with Bob Mandel directing the pilot and Dan Sackheim being involved in the production of the pilot and directing the first episode, they brought a visual style to it that was elaborated on by so many good directors.

Chris Carter

Good Style Beginning Pilot First

I can't sleep without the TV on, so we leave it on during the night, and that's what wakes me up - Joe Scarborough and 'Morning Joe' at 7:30 or 8.

Chrissy Teigen

Morning Sleep Me Night Leave Up

Why didn't we recognize how much it bothered them spiritually and politically?

Chris Matthews

Why Spiritually Bothered Recognize