Jennifer Egan Quotes
I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I do that is to bypass the thinking part of me and get to the more unconscious part, which is where all the good ideas seem to be.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
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When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you want to find the vulnerability.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
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Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen as distinctive markers of Negritude. These include the shapes of heads, feet, lips, and noses as well as the texture of hair.
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'Until Friday Night' is the first book in my new young adult series, 'The Field Party.'
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I like my parents but they are just not good parents. They are nice enough people. I'm not interested in hurting their feelings.
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For me, it's not about price. It's about necessity, quality, and usefulness. Like, I have my Wet N Wild 666 lip liner. It's 99 cents and always has been. I started using it when I was in high school, and it's great.
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Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
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Visually speaking, nothing calls Shakespeare to mind like Hamlet holding Yorick's skull.
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I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.
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I read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it.
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I wanted to get some nose job, because I don't like how my nose tip looks. My hand is also not as pretty, especially my thumb nails. Many people told me that I have ugly hands.
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I definitely used to write a lot at school. Comic poetry and drawings about people.
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'I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong again.' p76
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I write totally spontaneously. I actually write fiction by hand - that always seems to startle people. I think the reason I do that is to bypass the thinking part of me and get to the more unconscious part, which is where all the good ideas seem to be.
