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.

Jennifer Egan

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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.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Real
  • Think

• 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.

  

  Carl Bernstein
  • People
  • Life
  • House

• I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.

  

  Ram Kapoor
  • Children
  • Think
  • Fat

• 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.'

  

  Patrick Whitesell
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Star

• 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.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Work
  • Experience
  • Happy

• I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Long
  • Women
  • Deep

• 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.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Guy

• I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Never
  • Red
  • Awkward

• No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Long
  • Man
  • Woman

• 'Until Friday Night' is the first book in my new young adult series, 'The Field Party.'

  

  Abbi Glines
  • Book
  • Night
  • Party

• 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.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Quality
  • Price
  • Necessity

• Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Men
  • Love
  • Independence

• Visually speaking, nothing calls Shakespeare to mind like Hamlet holding Yorick's skull.

  

  Ian Doescher
  • Mind
  • Like
  • Nothing

• I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.

  

  Damian Loeb
  • Job
  • Artist
  • Thought

• I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Time
  • Work
  • Want

• Bullies generally were bullied and are hurting inside much more than you could ever imagine.

  

  Zoey Deutch
  • You
  • Imagine
  • More

• Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Wrong
  • Side
  • Apology

• I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • People
  • Think
  • Person

• She's the ornament of her sex.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • She
  • Sex

• Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.

  

  Dwight L. Moody
  • Jesus

• Bobby Bones is a young country DJ who does a widely syndicated morning show. He's at his best with his BobbyCast, in which he talks to Nashville up-and-comers such as Kelsea Ballerini and Lauren Alaina. Guests are encouraged to relax on Bones's couch and talk about anything they like.

  

  David Hepworth
  • Up
  • Country
  • Morning

• You dream love like it’s some shitty little motel - you check in and you check out like hell. Well, in case you couldn’t tell I ain’t your old guitar that you leave out in the back of your car that you never play, but you say that you’re gonna play…

  

  Carly Pearce
  • Love
  • Dream
  • Hell

• People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each other, searched for each other, found each other a few feet away.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • People
  • Lost

• 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.

  

  Jennifer Egan
  • People
  • Good
  • Thinking