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Jennifer Egan Quotes

I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Time Book Done Number Some Drafts

My life has been a fortunate one; I was born under a lucky star. It seems as if both wind and tide had favoured me. I have suffered no great losses, or defeats, or illness, or accidents, and have undergone no great struggles or privations; I have had no grouch. I have not wanted the earth.

Life Great Me Wind My Life Tide

To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

Darkness Past You Behind Some Draw

Apple and Google want to create encryption for which they could not provide you the key. Their business model will not survive if the American government has a special relationship with them that requires them to surrender this kind of information.

Business Relationship Government Key

I'd like to win an Oscar and then refuse it so I can protest the way they've treated Marlon Brando.

Win I Can Way Protest Like Refuse

I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.

Gay Drama Way Fit Who Quite

My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.

Sister Feet Tall She Opposites Four

At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.

First Different Only Number Sounds

We are on the side of the Venezuelan people.

Everyone knows someone struggling in some kind of way. You are a role model to so many people, even if you don't realize it. Take someone under your wing. Show them the right way to do things.

People Someone You Role Model Kind

Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure.

Jonathan Coleman

Will She Endure Writer Hopes He

The drop shots and lobs are very effective in senior tennis.

Tennis Senior Shots Drop Effective

The cast, led by the extraordinary Jennifer Lawrence, is absolutely wonderful across the board. It's such a pleasure to see how they've embodied the characters and brought them to life.

Suzanne Collins

Life Extraordinary Pleasure See Cast

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