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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

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.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 13, 1960

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Myself Voice Rules Narrative Seen

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Jenova Chen

Video Games Push Games Interactive

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible.

Andy Taylor

Music Today People Think You Want

God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped.

John Piper

God Loved Known Wills Cherished

I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the 'Village Voice' and asked me to turn it into an essay.

Sloane Crosley

Day Me Voice Story Thought Friends

We know from research that the reading circuit is not given to human beings through a genetic blueprint like vision or language; it needs an environment to develop. Further, it will adapt to that environment's requirements - from different writing systems to the characteristics of whatever medium is used.

Maryanne Wolf

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I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.

Mathieu Kassovitz

Myself Lucky Through Filmmaker Able

Without 'The Brady Bunch,' my guess is I would have become an engineer working on new plastics or something.

Mike Lookinland

New Become Without Something Working

I'm very fortunate to be doing what I dreamed of, what I love. So few people get that opportunity. So while people continue liking what I write, I'm going to happily continue.

Michael Robotham

Love Opportunity People Doing Write

I like a few vintage Rolexes, and Panerais are good. I'm not into sports watches - I like chronometers.

Jason Statham

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Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.

Desmond Tutu

Education Moral Way More Necessity

I can change a diaper in 30 seconds flat. I set the new one beneath the old one. That way, it's just wipe and pull the flap over.

Drew Brees

Change I Can New Way Old Over

I was going to study business administration at Florida A&M, at the height of Reaganomics.

Dee Rees

Business Height Study Florida Going