Jennifer Egan Quotes

I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don't think it will work out, doesn't mean that it actually won't.

Jennifer Egan

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Quotes to Explore

I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.

Foster Friess
- Good
- Kids
- Me
Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.

Mallory Ortberg
- Ideas
- Write
- More
I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.

Vance McAllister
- People
- Care
- Elected
When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'

Dallas Roberts
- She
- Story
- Find
The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

Damien Rice
- Good
- Work
- Running
Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.

H. P. Lovecraft
- Great
- Long
- Down