I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

The Pulitzer isn't a physical object. You can't hold it in your hand. You get some money ($7,500 in my day), and you get a little Tiffany's paperweight with your name on it and the image of Joseph Pulitzer suspended in the crystal. When people see my 'Pulitzer' (I keep it in my sock drawer), they are pretty amazed at its meagerness.

Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be.

Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes