I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist. Clay Aiken
There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow as a journalist you know there are Pulitzers out there and you can work hard and get one. To win it for Fiction seems unbelievable. Jennifer Egan