Jennifer Egan Quotes

I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself.

It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

I don't like talking about myself, if I'm honest.

The third person allows characters to really attack themselves. We all do this - attack ourselves - every hour of our lives.

There are so many projects that I've written and had to abort because either I felt too distressed by what I was doing to the people who I was writing about, or they couldn't cope with it because their view of themselves was so far removed from reality.

It's very difficult for me to talk about myself, it's not something I enjoy.

I'm not very good at talking about my emotions.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.

I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much.

My instincts tell me that you will spiral into a very unhealthy place if you start pondering about how other people think about you and, quite frankly, I don't want to go there.

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

I have no idea where my pathetic nature comes from. If I thought about it too long, it would depress me.

People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.

I'm just not used to talking that much about myself. It feels strange.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

Depression is a surfeit of empathy - a killing empathy - that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves.

If I went to a psychiatrist, it would be a long session. I've always thought that I do have a number of issues that probably need dealing with, because I am quite odd in some ways.

I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you.

If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.

I'm just so comfortable talking about my private life: I just think because I'm not that clever.