The phrase "egotistical about" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone who is overly focused on themselves and their own importance. Example: Sheila was known for being egotistical about her accomplishments, always taking credit for others' work and seeking praise and recognition for everything she did.
"I think Lewis learned to be very grateful about what he had rather than be egotistical about it," Windsor says.
First of all, people who write are often very egotistical about it and they don't want to share the credit.
And if the work is not about the ego of the artist, how can the artist suddenly get all egotistical about its demise?
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And it never crossed my mind at the time, because there's an egotistical exceptionalism about grief.
Her egotistical paranoia about being ousted as the face of the women's movement was captured with wince-inducing brilliance by Nora Ephron in her 1972 essay, Miami.
Granted, a shrink could have some fun with that bog roll, but otherwise the entertainment mogul seems only about as egotistical and mortality obsessed as the next middle-aged billionaire.
From Wilson, no egotistical clap-trap about believing what he did was right or Hollywood-style sentimentality about his children never making him forget his failings.
(She didn't explain why it was any less egotistical to brag about feeling less compelled to lose weight).
"More and more, I get the impression that people are becoming egotistical, only thinking about themselves," Mr. Yamada said.
"I grew up in a place where it's considered egotistical to talk about yourself," he said, referring to his hometown, Springfield, Mo.
