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Jennifer Egan is a renowned American novelist, born on September 7, 1962. Her works are known for their unique narrative techniques and profound insights into modern life. Egan has won numerous literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' in 2011.

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“I write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction I write by hand, because I'm trying to achieve a kind of thoughtless state, or an unconscious instinctive state. I'm not reading what I write when I wrote. It's an unconscious outpouring that's a mess, and it's many, many steps away from anything anyone would want to read. Creating that way seems to generate the most interesting material for me to work with, though.”

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“I think ethical ambivalence is a kind of innoculation, a way of excusing yourself in advance for something you actually want to do. No offense.”

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Author:Jennifer Egan

“We lie. That's what we do. You're selling me a line of bullshit and you want me to sell you a line of bullshit back so you can write a major line of bullshit and be paid for it.”

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Book:Look at Me: A Novel

Source: Look at Me: A Novel

“Now that Scotty has entered the realm of myth, everyone wants to own him. And maybe they should. Doesn't a myth belong to everyone?”

Want Should Myth Realms Scotty

Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

“She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be.”

Knows Want Looks

Author:Jennifer Egan

“I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.”

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Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

“Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.”

Want Writing Kind Reading Levels Nourishment

Author:Jennifer Egan

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Born: September 7, 1962
Known for: Novelist
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