Jennifer Egan Quotes
My last novel, 'The Keep,' was very explicitly technological, about the quality of living in a state constantly surrounded by disembodied presences, and I was thinking very much about the online experience.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.
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When Elizabeth II was crowned – the sixth female monarch since the Norman conquest – the world lit up in her favour.
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I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
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It is God who gives us the opportunity to win and to get victories.
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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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I think that's what keeps you grounded - having your own life that's not directed by your job.
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Only the four corners of the background remained. It was terribly difficult to fix my eyes on all of them at the same time. My experience was that the most difficult thing of all in art is painting in all four corners at the same time.
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Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.
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Believe in your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem.
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I think many people have an illusion of success based on entering in at a level that's higher than their experiences.
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My last novel, 'The Keep,' was very explicitly technological, about the quality of living in a state constantly surrounded by disembodied presences, and I was thinking very much about the online experience.
