Lydia Davis Ordering is difficult. It’s like arranging pieces of music in a concert: What do you put first? What do you put after the intermission? I want the reader to be sort of surprised, to come to each story freshly. – Lydia Davis Arranging Quotes Concert Quotes Difficult Quotes Freshly Quotes Intermission Quotes Music Quotes Pieces Quotes Reader Quotes Sort Quotes Story Quotes Surprised Quotes Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn’t mean I think other translators shouldn’t attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end. If a translation doesn’t have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly adapt to the style of a translator, stop noticing it, and get caught up in the story.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni I’m a very senses-oriented person, and I want to bring readers in on the level of the senses, so they can experience another culture and another place. – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Mark WalportMedical As a medical student in the 1970s, I was taught that the foundations of diagnosis and treatment were to take a detailed history and to perform a comprehensive clinical examination. – Mark Walport
Mindy Kaling Sometimes I eavesdrop on people. I could rationalize it – oh, this is good anthropological research for characters I’m writing – but it’s basically just nosiness. It also helps me gauge where I’m at: Am I normal? – Mindy Kaling
Jay Duplass Filmmaking is a very complex form – ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing – all these things have to come together. – Jay Duplass
Montserrat Caballe I try in roles like Salome to sing earthily, but it comes out as sweet-earthy. You know, it’s like when someone has a beautiful face: you can do what you want to it, but it’s still beautiful. – Montserrat Caballe
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