Chunks of his life fell away, so that while we were moving ahead in time, he was moving back.
Jeffrey EugenidesHe had the feeling that there was something physically behind his eyes, blocking the light.
Jeffrey EugenidesIf I write a character, instead of looking from the outside, like maybe a journalist would, trying to describe them physically and figuring out what kind of things they might be interested in or have in their house, I don't really do it that way. I try to feel what it would be like to be inside this person, to be them.
Jeffrey Eugenides