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Eve is like wine. It gets better with age. I've been playing this game for almost three years now. The first few weeks will be slower than most MMOs. The learning curve is steep because there is tons of information to absorb. You will find there is an order to things after a while. There are many helpful threads in the Eve-O forums. I suggest doing some homework on these forums, particularly the Skills section.
Character Creation:
What you pick as a race is not as important as in other games because you're free to learn all skills. You will find the more serious players will have multiple accounts and specialize their characters for a specific intent. It is common to have a pure PVP character and an alternate character (alt) for support skills and money-making. Obviously when you are starting to get a feel for the game, it's compelling to be a generalist. For me, Eve is about PVP. Highest death penalty of any MMO. So I pick my characters attributes accordingly. Highest perception, second highest willpower. If you're unsure what you'll be doing in Eve, pick a race that has even attributes, except charisma. Charisma is the least used attribute so it's not worth it to get a character with high charisma. Most older players end up playing all the features of Eve through multiple characters on multiple accounts.
* This may seem dumb but pick a name that's in the middle of the alphabet. You will understand once you get older and wiser. 
* Pick a character name different than your account name.
After Creation Tips:
- Learn your learning skills at quickly as possible. They will pay off as you continue to play. And if you decide Eve sucks, then it's really no loss you only trained learning skills. The leveling system is one of my main attractions to Eve. I can not play the game for weeks and my character will still be training.
- After your character completed a level of training, you must manually set a new skill to be trained.
- Don't worry so much about trying to get the biggest ship you can. Fly around in frigates and learn the game before flying expensive things. In Eve, you're bound to get killed.
- Find a corp as soon as possible. Eve is boring when playing alone. Try and find an active corp that's willing to teach. Eve University is a corp that is made for new pilots. I recommend them for the beginning.
I'm rambling so I'll stop. Feel free to ask questions.
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