We Greeks are a moody people. Suicide makes sense to us. Putting up Christmas lights after your own daughter does it--that makes no sense. What my yia yia could never understand about America was why everyone pretended to be happy all the time.” -Mrs. Karafilis
Jeffrey EugenidesBut I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can.
Jeffrey EugenidesThere's a kind of acting that goes on in my head when I'm writing a character where I put myself in their place.
Jeffrey Eugenides