“All my dreams are coming true all across the board for some reason.” ReasonDreamBoards Author:Jay Electronica
“What makes me different from everybody else just boils down to dissatisfaction.” DifferentDissatisfaction Author:Jay Electronica
“The first time I was homeless was when I went to Atlanta. I was in a homeless shelter, then when I got a job I used to miss the curfew for the shelter. So I ended up sleeping outside in the streets.” FirstsJobsUsedSleepStreetsMissingFirst TimeShelterHomelessAtlantaCurfew Author:Jay Electronica
“When I wrote The Virgin Suicides, I gave myself very strict rules about the narrative voice: the boys would only be able to report what they had seen or found or what had been told to them.” AbleFoundVoiceBoysSuicideNarrativeReportsStrictVirginsVirgin SuicidesNarrative VoiceStrict Rules Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own.” IfsWayMeanMightCoursesLiteratureForceMy OwnModernMiddleCenturyHonorProgramVariousEnglish LiteratureOld EnglishMiddle English Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“I have a good memory for early life. My visual memory is good about childhood and adolescence, and less good in the last 10 years. I could probably tell you less what happened in the last 10 years. I remember what houses looked like, sometimes they just pop into my head.” YearsSometimesLastsRememberHouseMemoriesHappenedChildhoodPopsVisualsAdolescenceGood MemoriesEarly Life Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“That'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.” WayWritingPersonsCharacterAmountPicksFairs Author:Jeffrey Eugenides
“Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFirstsWellsIdeasShowsActionUsedTermFateNew YorkRight NowGayFunctionRemainsDetermineOur ActionsGay Marriage Author:Jeffrey Eugenides