Dave Eggers World Quotations

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.

Why do you want to be on The Real World? -Because I want everyone to witness my youth Why? -Isn't it gorgeous?

They were so in love with the world, and so disappointed in every aspect of it.

How had this happened? Everyone in the world knew more than us, about everything, and this I hated then found hugely comforting.

Most people would trade everything they know, everyone they know- they'd trade it all to know they've been seen, and acknowledged, that they might even be remembered. We all know the world is too big for us to be significant. So all we have is the hope of being seen, or heard, even for a moment.

Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded?

Write your goddamned book now. The world awaits.

It was called the Middle Ages, the Dark Ages. If not for the monks, everything the world had ever learned would have been lost. Well, we live in a similar time, when we're losing the vast majority of what we do and see and learn. But it doesn't have to be that way.