“I'm aware of cliches and I'm aware of experiments that have been done ...” — Jeffrey Eugenides Quote

“I'm aware of cliches and I'm aware of experiments that have been done and I'm aware of a kind of deadness to a lot of realism both in the language and in the structure of a book.”

“The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind.”

“One of the reasons I like Barthes more than other writers of that ilk is because he had a literary quality.”

“That's why I hate the outlines and treatments, because all you get are cliches. If you put things down on paper as your plan, it's very hard to get those ideas out of your head and do something better.”

“People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.”

“New York cops are very specific in terms of the way they talk and the way they handle themselves. All these cliches that, as an Englishman, I thought were from a bygone era or were a bit of poetic license with cop shows - the more you hang out with them, the more you realize how real that jargon is.”