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Jennifer Egan Quotes: "If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you."

If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do."

Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.




Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years."

Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art."

I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.




Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff."

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work."

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget."

I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.




Jennifer Egan Quotes: "The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back."

The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Vinegar: that's what fear smells like."

Vinegar: that's what fear smells like.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense."

I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it would destroy just herself."

Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it would destroy just herself.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing."

There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing.




Jennifer Egan Quotes: "We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line of bullshit back so you can write a major line of bullshit and be paid for it."

We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line of bullshit back so you can write a major line of bullshit and be paid for it.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Sometimes I imagine myself looking back on right now and I think like where will I be standing when I look back Will right now look like the beginning of a great life or... or what"

Sometimes I imagine myself looking back on right now and I think like where will I be standing when I look back Will right now look like the beginning of a great life or... or what



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet."

Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Technology makes everyone feel old. A laptop is old after two years. Someone always has something newer. Everyone seems to feel obsolete now, even the young."

Technology makes everyone feel old. A laptop is old after two years. Someone always has something newer. Everyone seems to feel obsolete now, even the young.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can no longer tolerate them."

Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can no longer tolerate them.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age."

The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly."

I haven't had writer's block. I think it's because my process involves writing very badly.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I’m sorry and I believe in you and I’ll always be near you, protecting you, and I will never leave you, I’ll be curled around your heart for the rest of your life."

I’m sorry and I believe in you and I’ll always be near you, protecting you, and I will never leave you, I’ll be curled around your heart for the rest of your life.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don’t listen to them—listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen."

The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don’t listen to them—listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "The problem was precision, perfection; the problem was digitization, which sucked the life out of everything that got smeared through its microscopic mesh."

The problem was precision, perfection; the problem was digitization, which sucked the life out of everything that got smeared through its microscopic mesh.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins."

Rich children are always blond, Jocelyn goes. It has to do with vitamins.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "She'd risked everything, and here was the result: the raw, warped core of her life."

She'd risked everything, and here was the result: the raw, warped core of her life.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?"

When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave his roads?"

It was the hat. He looked sweet in the hat. How could a man in a fuzzy blue hat have used human bones to pave his roads?



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I can't tell if she's actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real?"

I can't tell if she's actually real, or if she's stopped caring if she's real or not. Or is not caring what makes a person real?



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "It's finished. Everything went past, without me."

It's finished. Everything went past, without me.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words."

This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters that had befallen other people."

Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters that had befallen other people.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Time’s a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?” Scotty shook his head. “The goon won."

Time’s a goon, right? You gonna let that goon push you around?” Scotty shook his head. “The goon won.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: ""See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. 'It's mine.""

"See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. 'It's mine."



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I know I'm famous and irresitible - a combination whose properties closely resemble radioactivity - and I know that you in this room are helpless against me."

I know I'm famous and irresitible - a combination whose properties closely resemble radioactivity - and I know that you in this room are helpless against me.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "And Alex understood that Scotty Hausmann did not exist. He was a word casing in human form: a shell whose essence has vanished."

And Alex understood that Scotty Hausmann did not exist. He was a word casing in human form: a shell whose essence has vanished.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I’m like America ” he said. Stephanie swung around to look at him unnerved. “What are you talking about ” she said. “Are you off your meds ” “Our hands are dirty ” Jules said."

I’m like America ” he said. Stephanie swung around to look at him unnerved. “What are you talking about ” she said. “Are you off your meds ” “Our hands are dirty ” Jules said.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "He looks tired, like someone walked on his skin and left footprints."

He looks tired, like someone walked on his skin and left footprints.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff"

a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "What I Suddenly Understand My job is to make people uncomfortable. + I will do it all my life. ---> My mother, Sasha Blake, is my first victim."

What I Suddenly Understand My job is to make people uncomfortable. + I will do it all my life. ---> My mother, Sasha Blake, is my first victim.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can."

Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection."

Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys."

But it was another girl, young and new to the city, fiddling with her keys.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "some mornings... I sit at the kitchen table shaking salt into the hairs on my arm, and a feeling shoves up in me: it's finished. Everything went past without me."

some mornings... I sit at the kitchen table shaking salt into the hairs on my arm, and a feeling shoves up in me: it's finished. Everything went past without me.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone?"

Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone?



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "if thr r childrn thr mst be a fUtr rt?"

if thr r childrn thr mst be a fUtr rt?



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "Oh we'll know each other forever, Bix says. The days of losing touch are almost gone."

Oh we'll know each other forever, Bix says. The days of losing touch are almost gone.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "reach isn’t describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it’s simultaneous."

reach isn’t describable in terms of cause and effect anymore: it’s simultaneous.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "What he needed was to find fifty more people like him, who had stopped being themselves without realizing it."

What he needed was to find fifty more people like him, who had stopped being themselves without realizing it.



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "th blu nyt th stRs u can't c th hum tht nevr gOs awy"

th blu nyt th stRs u can't c th hum tht nevr gOs awy



Jennifer Egan Quotes: "I think, The world is actually huge. That's the part no one can really explain."

I think, The world is actually huge. That's the part no one can really explain.