I grew up in the 70s, when people talked on the phone - and just talked more. I remember the phone was the epicenter of our house. I spent hours every evening as a teenager waiting for the phone to ring and talking to my friends. Before the age of technology, it was also easier to just disappear from the face of the earth.
Jennifer EganBe willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.
Jennifer EganI guess it's always romantic when two people fall in love.... Even if it turns out not to be real.
Jennifer EganWhen does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?
Jennifer Egan