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Timothy Egan Quotes

Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace.

Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace. And then, facing a sea of rejections, they hear about something like Barbara Bush’s dog getting a book deal.

Timothy Egan
Dog, Book, Writing

You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out.

Timothy Egan
Creativity, Insanity, Serendipity

The larger question for the Northwest, where the cities are barely a hundred years old but contain three-fourths of the population, is whether the wild land can provide work for those who need it as their source of income without being ruined for those who need it as their source of sanity.

Timothy Egan
Years, Land, Cities

Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize. Work for peace. Work at a job that offers basic human dignity. Don't hold on to negative feelings. Move calmly through life. Enjoy art, books and playfulness.

Timothy Egan
Art, Jobs, Moving

Sometimes the wind along the Pacific shore blows so hard it steals your breath before you can inhale it.

Timothy Egan
Blow, Wind, Sometimes

I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)

Timothy Egan
Believe, Facts, Uncertain
Timothy Egan (2012). “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis”, p.174, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The villainous sun and the starved bank did not seem related—yet.

Timothy Egan
Sun, Related, Seems
Timothy Egan (2006). “The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl”, p.91, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for shipping companies, marinas and other businesses and prompted further restrictions on future water withdrawals for expanding suburbs. "A lot of people just can't believe that we may be running out of water, living this close to the Great Lakes," said Sarah Nerenberg, a water engineer with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, which conducted the study on shortages.

Timothy Egan
Running, Believe, Loss

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