361 Quotes by Jennifer Egan

I learned you have to move fast, writing futuristic satire in America: Before you know it, you're a realist!

I knew as far back as 2001 that I would write a book called 'A Visit From the Goon Squad,' though I had no idea what kind of book it would be.

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

I number my drafts, and by the time a book is done, I'll have 75 or 80 drafts of some sections.

I have a hatred of familiarity. If I feel like I am doing something I've done before, it feels old and done. I feel I have no choice but to strike out in directions that feel new - anything less just doesn't seem worth it.

I never did anything original my whole childhood. I was invisible.

Between books, I have to throw out everything I did before, because the tools I've used to write the previous book will not only not work for the next project, they will ruin it.

Remaining a pop phenomenon for 20 years without dying or lapsing into self-parody is quite a feat.

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