Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Jennifer Egan
American novelist and short-story writer
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short-story writer. She is best known for her fiction, especially the novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. From 2018 to 2020, Egan served as president of PEN America. Her reputation rests on fiction and on work that has earned major literary recognition.
More from Jennifer Egan (170 quotes) →More quotes by Jennifer Egan
- “It's the feeling of being lifted out of my life into another world that is the thrill of writing fiction.”Jennifer Egan
- “That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'…”Jennifer Egan
- “I love how close New York is to Europe; I love the seasons, and I don't think I could live without them. They…”Jennifer Egan
- “The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every…”Jennifer Egan
Listening: more sayings
- “I think listening to the director is the number one strength an actor should have.”Varun Dhawan
- “I'm usually listening to Sirius Satellite in the morning. 'The Heat' usually plays good music.”LaMarr Woodley
- “I like hip-hop personally. It is a genre I am very attached to and have been listening to all my life. But I…”Zoya Akhtar
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Jennifer Egan
A Visit from the Goon Squad
2010
Manhattan Beach
2017
The Invisible Circus
1994
The Candy House
2022
The Keep
2006