Author: Jennifer Egan

Quotes

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

I'm not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.

I'm not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.

- 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

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

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

- Jennifer Egan

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