I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book. Dave Eggers bookmagazinethink Change image and share on social
I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting. Dave Eggers distracteasilyhave Change image and share on social
Having lost people when they were young, you feel intimately acquainted with mortality, I guess. Though I procrastinate worse than anybody. Dave Eggers acquaintbadlyfeel Change image and share on social
You might not be able to operate your own Learjet and have an unlimited expense account, but if you have a reasonable expectation for a print-based product, whether it's a newspaper or a magazine, you can certainly exist. Dave Eggers accountbaseexist share on social
It's so easy to print in the Midwest. You're saving months in shipping and customs, so we have started printing a number of books there. Dave Eggers bookcustomeasy Change image and share on social
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 bookbuildbusiness Change image and share on social
When anybody starts out with a memoir, you get the impulse to tell your own story with your own voice, and you get all that out in one fell swoop sometimes. Dave Eggers fallimpulsememoir Change image and share on social
Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, 'The Things They Carried', has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be definitive. But it's fiction. Dave Eggers awardbookbrien Change image and share on social
I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. Dave Eggers bookeditorhouse Change image and share on social
People are strange, but more than that, they're good. They're good first, then strange. Dave Eggers goodpeoplestrange Change image and share on social
