Jennifer Egan Quotes

We live in a moment and a culture when reading is really endangered. There's simply no way to write well, though, if you're not reading well.

Jennifer Egan

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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.

Jack Prelutsky
- Life
- Different
- May
In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.

Gareth Gates
- Music
- Business
- Best
In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.

Rachel Platten
- People
- World
- Good
The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.

Sam Taylor-Johnson
- People
- Life
- World
If your aim is to attack the United States, it is hard to imagine a more difficult way of getting here than by posing as a refugee.

Samantha Power
- Way
- Difficult
- Aim
Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.

Vanna Bonta
- Up
- Dream
- Knowledge