“You better [start writing] now because you know how to write, and you have fingers, and you have this one life, and during this one life, you should put your words down, and make your voice heard, and then let others hear your voice. And the only way any of that’s going to happen is if you actually do it. People can’t read the thoughts in your head. They can only read the thoughts you put down, carefully and with great love, on the page. So you have to do it, goddamnit.” Writing Author:Dave Eggers
“Loneliness is just a thing that I'm not personally interested in. So far, it hasn't been on my docket of things to write about.” WritingLoneliness Author:Dave Eggers
“Every story we remember is a novel. Novels make things more universal.” WritingStoriesRememberNovelUniversalSongwriting Author:Dave Eggers
“Writing is a deep-sea dive. You need hours just to get into it: down, down, down. If you're called back to the surface every couple of minutes by an email, you can't ever get back down. I have a great friend who became a Twitterer and he says he hasn't written anything for a year.” IfsNeedsWritingYearsHoursWrittenSeaMinutesCoupleSurfaceGet BackEmailGreat FriendDeep Sea Author:Dave Eggers
“I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.” WritingYearsBookMagazinesWriting A Book Author:Dave Eggers
“Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.” WritingWellsClassCreativeCollegeBackgroundsJournalismCreative WritingSophomore Author:Dave Eggers
“If you want to write about people, you can make it up. But if you spend time talking to someone and examining what it is you want to write about, you discover a level of detail that you wouldn't have noticed otherwise.” PeopleIfsWantWritingLevelsTalkingDetailsEnd TimesSpend TimeExaminingTalking To Someone Author:Dave Eggers
“Three-dimensional results are important to me. I did once spend some time just writing, and floating around, and I lost my mind a little bit. I wasn't so good at that.” WritingMindLittlesImportantThreeLostBitsResultsLittle BitFloatingLost My Mind Author:Dave Eggers
