I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often. Dave Eggers Read Quote
To me any given story has its appropriate form. There might be some story I get involved with that’s begging to be a graphic novel, so that will have to be that way. Dave Eggers Read Quote
The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter. Dave Eggers Read Quote
I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I’d like to see them again. And I’d love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there. Dave Eggers Read Quote
Well, my background is journalism. I don’t have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college. Dave Eggers Read Quote
I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book. Dave Eggers Read Quote
If you want to write about people, you can make it up. But if you spend time talking to someone and examining what it is you want to write about, you discover a level of detail that you wouldn’t have noticed otherwise. Dave Eggers Read Quote
I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City. Dave Eggers Read Quote
I grew up north of Chicago, not far from where the Schwinn bicycle plant used to be, and was conscious of the fact that these beautiful, everlasting bikes were made just down the road. Dave Eggers Read Quote
McSweeney’s as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object. Dave Eggers Read Quote
