It was a recession when I graduated, but I was so unequipped to have a job anyway, I don't think it would have mattered if the economy was booming. I think I was expecting bad jobs. But as it went on through my 20s, I began to wonder how things were going to turn out. Jeffrey Eugenides 20sbadbegin share on social
I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life. Jeffrey Eugenides difficultdirectfind Change image and share on social
We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink. Jeffrey Eugenides acquaintdepressiondress share on social
The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind. Jeffrey Eugenides confidenceexistidea Change image and share on social
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. Jeffrey Eugenides abilitydeadendow Change image and share on social