I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book college read
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
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social