But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes attention care long
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
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
When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them. Jeffrey Eugenides boyfindgive Change image and share on social
As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short. Michael Morpurgo attentionchildremember Change image and share on social
To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision. James Stephens answercareframe share on social
I don't think fashion has to change every five minutes. I'd like these to be clothes you can wear for a long time - ten, 20 years; pass on to your daughter. Why buy vintage when you can open your own closet! Tom Ford buychangecloset share on social