There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.
Jeffrey EugenidesBasically you come up with the fictional idea and you start writing that story, but then in order to write it and to make it seem real, you sometimes put your own memories in. Even if it's a character that's very different from you.
Jeffrey EugenidesSourmelina's secret (as Aunt Zo put it): 'Lina was one of those women they named the island after.
Jeffrey Eugenides