Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also... →
Elizabeth Edwards
I swam across Skaneateles Lake, about a mile, when I was 11 years old. I remember feeling when I was in the middle of the lake that I would be there... →
Kim Edwards
Proust, my big inspiration for 'Goon Squad,' uses music a lot in his novel, both in terms of plot and structure. I liked the idea of doing... →
Jennifer Egan
I had this idea that I could hire myself out as a person to go on archeological digs and dig, without any training! I actually wrote to a number of... →
'Look at Me' started with Rockford, Illinois and New York and the question of how much image culture was changing our inner lives. That's... →
It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.
Dave Eggers
I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known for.
The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course... →
Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion... →
Barbara Ehrenreich
I'm not questioning the monotheistic god. I think there's absolutely no evidence for the existence of such a god. When I say that, I mean... →