I always work in a room where there’s no internet to keep from being distracted so easily. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don’t start extremely early. — Jeffrey Eugenides
The pulitzer prize is an idea; it’s a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Some pulitzer winners – novelists – have confided to me that getting the prize screwed them up. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in detroit. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. — Jeffrey Eugenides
One of the reasons I like barthes more than other writers of that ilk is because he had a literary quality. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I think, especially when you’re in college, each book that you’re reading tends to tell you who you are. — Jeffrey Eugenides