She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.
Jeffrey EugenidesI spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.
Jeffrey EugenidesWe'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 EugenidesThat's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like that person, I will pick and choose.
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