Jennifer Egan Quotes

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

I do think observing is important in learning.

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Read every book, blog, website, whatever, about what you want to be an expert in.

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.

I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

I always like to do quite a lot of homework; I quite like to do the research. If I didn't do this, I think I would like to be a researcher.

We mistake being able to get lots of information from everywhere very quickly with actually getting knowledge.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

I love researching. That's one of my favorite parts about school.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

I don't remember one thing I learned in school.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

There's always a learning curve, where you've got to learn what your subject is all about.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.

I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.

I'm not really book-smart.

All my knowledge comes from research.

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading.

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.