Jeffrey Eugenides quotes - page 6

Basically you come up with the fictional idea and you start writing that story, but then in order to write it and to make it seem real, you sometimes put your own memories in. Even if it's a character that's very different from you. (Jeffrey Eugenides)
I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some kind of cardboard and it had metal hinges. It was kind of faux industrial looking, and I used to carry my books in it rather than a backpack. I didn't want to have normal student accoutrements. View quote
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I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early. View quote
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He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he's been endowed with abilities to go into people's heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he's making it up. View quote
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Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people. View quote
Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides

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Photo: Rodrigo Fernandez, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Novelist
Born: March 8, 1960
Quotes count: 130

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