“I think there's great value to the Associated Press and to Reuters, but if you wanted to generate original content, maybe written by local writers, it just takes a little bit of openness to open your pages up to a wider freelance writer pool, and then you might find new voices and a wider array of voices, and definitely more original content that can't be found anywhere else.” IfsThinkingLittlesMightWantedValuesFoundBitsVoiceWrittenLittle BitPagesOriginalsPressesLocalsOpennessPoolGreat Value Author:Dave Eggers
“I had the sensation that I might always be running like this, that I would always have to run, and that I would always be able to run.” MightRunningAbleSensations Author:Dave Eggers
“If you don't want anyone to know about your existence, you might as well kill yourself. You're taking up space, air.” IfsKnowsWantWellsMightSpaceExistenceAirHarshKilling YourselfHarsh Truth Book:A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Source: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
“One might think that a boy who was out in the snow for so long would get cold, but Max was not. He was warm, partly because he had on many layers, and partly because boys who are part wolf and part wind do not get cold.” ThinkingLongMightBoysWindColdWarmSnowLayersMax Book:The Wild Things Source: The Wild Things
“Maybe he hadn't thought the war through. It had seemed like simple fun when he had first pictured it, with a glorious beginning, a difficult but valor-filled middle, and a victorious end. He hadn't accounted for the fact that there might not be much of a resolution to the battle, and he hadn't imagined what it would feel like when the war just sort of ended, without anyone admitting defeat and congratulating him for his bravery.” FeelsFirstsWarEndsFactsMightFunDifficultSimpleMiddleBattleBraveryFilledDefeatGloriousResolutionValorAdmitting Book:The Wild Things Source: The Wild Things
“The voice of the nickly reflection of the moon was not as deep as you might expect. It was a singer’s voice, though, a tenor, one that loved itself without reservation. “I feel time like you dream. Your dreams are jumbled. You can’t remember the order of your dreams, and when you recall them, the memories bend. Faces change. It’s all in puddles and ripples. That’s what time is for me.” FeelsDreamMightRememberFacesOrderVoiceMemoriesLike YouMoonReflectionSingersYour DreamsRecallsRippleReservationsPuddlesTenors Author:Dave Eggers
“Most people would trade everything they know, everyone they know- they'd trade it all to know they've been seen, and acknowledged, that they might even be remembered. We all know we die. We all know the world is too big for us to be significant. So all we have is the hope of being seen, or heard, even for a moment.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsBigsMightHeardTradeSignificantRemembered Author:Dave Eggers
“You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist.” IfsMightAbleProductsExpectationsAccountsNewspapersMagazinesReasonableExpensesPrintUnlimited Author:Dave Eggers
“To me any given story has its appropriate form. There might be some story I get involved with that's begging to be a graphic novel, so that will have to be that way.” WayStoriesMightFormGivenNovelInvolvedAppropriateGet InvolvedGraphicBeggingGraphic Novels Author:Dave Eggers
