Author: Jennifer Egan

Quotes

I felt unbelievably lucky to have the success I did with 'Goon Squad,' and I also felt the pressure of how fleeting that success can be.

I felt unbelievably lucky to have the success I did with 'Goon Squad,' and I also felt the pressure of how fleeting that success can be.

- Jennifer Egan

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

- Jennifer Egan

Life itself is so surprising, a predictable story is unsatisfying.

Life itself is so surprising, a predictable story is unsatisfying.

- Jennifer Egan

In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists were pivotal, and made the book really sell.

In the case of 'Goon Squad,' which sold slowly for a long time despite the good reviews, those 'best of 2010' lists were pivotal, and made the book really sell.

- Jennifer Egan

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