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It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.

~Dave Eggers

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I think there's a future where the Web and print coexist and they each do things uniquely and complement each other, and we have what could be the ultimate and best-yet array of journalistic venues.

~Dave Eggers

Topics: Array Coexist Complement Could Each Future Journalistic Other Print Things Think Ultimate Uniquely Venues Web Where I Think

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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 that I co-taught at U.C. Berkeley journalism school back in 2003.

~Dave Eggers

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But I'm thinking about 12 things at once, a hundred thousand times a day. Most people do, I would imagine.

~Dave Eggers

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I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems.

~Dave Eggers

Topics: Believe Kids Lives Parents Problems Really Should Spared Strongly

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I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.

~Dave Eggers

Topics: All My Life College Life Liked My Life Public Public School School Through

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You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff.

~Dave Eggers

Topics: Adult Adulthood Darker Kid Know People Respect Smart Smart People Stuff Talk Them Throw Trappings Treat You

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I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known for.

~Dave Eggers

Topics: Always Doing Ever Generally Idea Interviews Known Like Person Seriously Somebody

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I'm an amateur science enthusiast. I'm not even a professional enthusiast. I don't know anything; I never even passed biology in high school. But I read the science section of the newspaper.

~Dave Eggers

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I've purposely stayed away from reading much about postmodern theory, and most everything I have read just bored me to tears. I don't think anybody's written about it, or very few have, with any verve.

~Dave Eggers

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: January 8th, 1970

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