Dave Eggers

It's just like this relentless nut gathering.

And you think, well, I've got a tree full of nuts.

I've got

I've been saving for, you know, 20 winters.

There should be plenty.

And then you're still like, oh, that's a really good one.

I'm gonna cross this highway to get it.

It's a habit.

Especially when you're finished with something.

In this case, like I finished this book about eight months before it's coming out, which is like a big, long time for me.

It's usually a much tighter window.

So I've been a little bit more...

on mental vacation, I guess, than I usually am.

And in general, you just get a little bit less hyper about these things.

And then there's just like a backup.

There's too many things and books take a long time.

It's not like I'm so jealous, not to say that writing a song is easier, but I do have a lot of friends that have written a song in a day.

That's why I love, for me, drawing is that.

Yeah.

I like to be able to finish something in a day or even an hour and they become like, like a riff, you know, or a quick melody and you can put a figure on a page and be done with it.