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Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

“I'm constantly having doubts and moments of depression and then excitement and then back into the slough of despond.”

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Jeffrey Eugenides is an American novelist known for his unique narrative style and profound portrayal of complex family relationships. His works often explore identity, genetics, and human emotions. more

“If 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.”

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Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

“There's a kind of acting that goes on in my head when I'm writing a character where I put myself in their place.”

Writing Kind Character Acting Goes On

Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

“When I'm creating a character, it's a little bit like what my theater teachers used to tell me about Stanislavsky, like if you're using sense memory to do a scene - if you have to cry in a scene, you try to remember something in your life that made you cry and you use that in order to get the tears.”

Ifs Trying Littles Made Character Use Remember Used Order Bits Memories Teacher Cry Tears Scene Creating Little Bit Theater Remember Something

Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

“The ideas for my books come about in two ways. There can be an intellectual idea that seems to be the reason for writing the book. [...] The other motive is unconscious. There is something deeply psychological and emotional that draws me to the material in the first place.”

Way Writing Firsts Two Book Ideas Reason Seems Emotional Materials Intellectual Draws Psychological Motive Unconscious Two Ways

Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

“Being a writer is a solitary life. So the little part of me that's an actor still enjoys the theatrical part of reading and doing the voices and telling the story.”

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Author:Jeffrey Eugenides

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