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It wasn't conscious, but I guess that one book is the reaction to the other. The first is so imprisoned in a male point-of-view, and the second is a point-of-view that can go anywhere it wants.
Jeffrey Eugenides
Book
First
Other
Guess
One Book
Reaction
Go
Male
Imprisoned
Wants
Anywhere
Conscious
Second
I'm aware of cliches and I'm aware of experiments that have been done and I'm aware of a kind of deadness to a lot of realism both in the language and in the structure of a book.
Jeffrey Eugenides
Book
Language
Kind
Structure
Both
Cliches
Been
Lot
Done
Experiments
Realism
Aware
I was engrossed with the book, I was having difficulties with it, and I just didn't notice the years were going by.
Jeffrey Eugenides
Book
Difficulties
Having
Were
Years
Going
Just
Notice
I give a speech at some colleges and corporations called 'Performing Your Life: An Evening with Jeffrey Tambor.' I get asked a lot of questions, and people say, 'Your stories are wonderful. You should write a book.'
Jeffrey Tambor
Life
You
Book
People
Wonderful
Corporations
Say
People Say
Some
Colleges
Give
Write
Performing
Lot
Questions
Get
Stories
Asked
Should
Your
Evening
Speech
I spent all day in front of a digital screen, but I'm about to curl up with a book.
Jeffrey Zeldman
Day
Book
Digital
Spent
All Day
About
Up
Curl
Front
Screen
I guess my most prized pop culture possession is a signed first edition of the book 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk.
Jen Lancaster
Fight
Culture
Book
First
Club
Guess
Chuck
Possession
Signed
Most
Edition
Prized
Pop
Fight Club
Pop Culture
Asking me to choose between a traditional book and a Kindle is like asking me which of my dogs I love most.
Jen Lancaster
Love
Me
Book
Kindle
Between
Like
Most
Dogs
Traditional
Which
Asking
Choose
When my plans to become a world-famous rockstar didn't pan out, I decided to try being a lesbian instead, didn't pull that off either, and wrote my second book, the national bestseller, 'The Straight Girl's Guide To Sleeping With Chicks.'
Jen Sincero
Book
Try
Girl
Become
National
Lesbian
Sleeping
Guide
Out
Bestseller
Instead
Wrote
Off
Chicks
Being
Decided
Either
Straight
Plans
Second
Pan
Pull
I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn.
Jenna Bush
Work
Book
Thinking
Latin
Latin America
Write
Learn
Go
America
UNICEF
Gonna
I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.
Jenna Fischer
Work
Love
Myself
Good
Me
Book
Think
Read
Self-Help
Lot
Tragic
Seminars
Done
Just
Them
Therapy
Ton
Core
I'm partial to a Muji recycled-paper sketch book and a Sharpie ultrafine marker.
Jenna Wortham
Book
Partial
Sketch
As a lonely teenager growing up in Virginia, I fed off any pop culture that could show me different ways of being from what I saw on 'The Cosby Show' reruns or read about in an Ann M. Martin book.
Jenna Wortham
Me
Culture
Book
Lonely
Virginia
Teenager
Saw
Ways
Cosby
About
Martin
Fed
Could
Read
Off
Up
Any
Being
Different
Pop
Pop Culture
Reruns
Show
Growing
Growing Up
Different Ways
I think it's so important for young readers to find a book or series that ignites their passion for reading, especially boys, whose interest in reading wanes as they grow older.
Jennifer A. Nielsen
Book
Passion
Important
Reading
Young
Older
Think
Find
Readers
Boy
Interest
Series
Grow
Whose
I read Christopher McDougall's book 'Born to Run.' If running were a religion, this would be its bible. I actually scribbled my favorite passages on my arm to read during the race.
Jennifer Carpenter
Religion
Bible
Book
Christopher
Favorite
Run
Would
Would-Be
Running
Born
Arm
Read
Passages
Were
Race
Actually
I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book led to another as I discovered other facets to my characters I wanted to investigate further.
Jennifer Chiaverini
Book
First
Other
Further
One Book
Characters
Facets
Investigate
Readers
Another
Discovered
Led
Very
Wanted
After
Asked
Fortunate
Sequel
Who
Many
Captivated
Novel
Imaginations
The book that is the closest genetically to 'Goon Squad' is 'Look at Me.' It has the futuristic element - although, freakishly, almost every aspect I invented has come to pass in some way, including the terrorist who fantasies about blowing up the World Trade Centre. That was extremely uncomfortable. The book came out on the week of 9/11.
Jennifer Egan
Me
Book
World
Every
Way
Extremely
Out
Futuristic
Some
About
Invented
Week
Uncomfortable
Almost
Genetically
Come
Look
Although
Trade
Pass
Terrorist
Came
Squad
Up
Blowing
Closest
Centre
Fantasies
Aspect
Who
Including
Element
World Trade
It seemed impossible that a scrappy book like 'Goon Squad' could win an award like that. It's such an iconic honor. I think what the Pulitzer means to me is that I'll need to work very, very hard to try to live up to it.
Jennifer Egan
Work
Me
Book
Win
Impossible
Try
Honor
Live
Think
Seemed
Could
Like
Squad
Up
Very
Scrappy
Iconic
Means
Hard
Award
Need
Pulitzer
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.
Jennifer Egan
Book
Back
Though
Visit
Kind
Would
Would-Be
No Idea
Write
Had
Knew
Idea
Squad
Far
I try consciously to keep myself entertained and challenged to not repeat myself at all. Like, when I start a new book, my goal is to pretty much throw out what I've done and try something completely different that I think initially I cannot do.
Jennifer Egan
Myself
Book
Try
Think
Out
Entertained
Pretty
Something
Throw
New
Like
New Book
Repeat
Goal
Done
Different
Cannot
Much
Initially
Keep
Challenged
Start
I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!
Jennifer Egan
Work
Book
Books
Write
Feel
Always
Very
Just
Decent
Afraid
Hard
In a way, I started 'Goon Squad' not even realizing I was writing a book. I thought I was just writing a few stories to stall before starting this other book that I wanted to write - or thought I wanted to write: I still haven't written it.
Jennifer Egan
Book
Writing
Thought
Before
Few
Other
Way
Write
Written
Still
Squad
Just
Wanted
Stories
Stall
Realizing
Even
Started
Starting
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.
Jennifer Egan
Work
Book
Will
Before
Tools
Ruin
Everything
Project
Books
Out
Only
Previous
Throw
Write
Between
Because
Did
Next
Used
'Baker Towers' is the book I've always known I would write, but it wasn't an easy book to do.
Jennifer Haigh
Book
Would
Easy
Write
Towers
Baker
Known
Always
The origin of 'Lenny Letter,' it started because Lena went on her book tour, and she had these audiences, young women, really diverse and looking for guidance.
Jennifer Konner
Women
Book
Guidance
Looking
Young
Book Tour
Diverse
Tour
Had
She
Because
Audiences
Young Women
Lenny
Really
Origin
Letter
Her
Started
I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece.
Jennifer Lawrence
Book
Fans
Will
Responsibility
Incredible
Everything
Hunger
Hunger Games
Worthy
About
Collins
Give
Take
Part
Lightly
Make
Masterpiece
Huge
Huge Responsibility
Role
Being
Happier
Movies
Games
Play
If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.
Jennifer Weiner
You
Book
Spell
Paper
Topic
Bestseller
About
Mention
Write
New
Name
Make
Becomes
Chick
Forget
Yorker
List
Romance
Lit
New Yorker
Might
Ignorant
Your
Fascination
Lucky
Right
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