I never listen to music when I write. It's too much of a distraction. — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I like a lot of Spanish language writers. I really love Javier Marias. — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
For about as long as I've been writing fiction, I've kept a record of the books I've read. — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
There's a perception that good writing is writing which runs smoothly. But smooth-running prose can work against what you're trying to express… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I believe writers should be able to write about anything - anything - but there is also a sense in which your… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Fiction always reveals a lot about the person who is writing it. That's the scary thing. Not in a straightforward autobiographical sense.… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think,… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I don't know why I write. The honest answer is that I don't have an answer. I wouldn't die if I couldn't… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
The desire to be liked is acceptable in real life but very problematic in fiction. Pleasantness is the enemy of good fiction.… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to examine and difficult to speak for other writers, but when I look at my own writing there… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I can't define myself as a political writer - I don't think I've earned it, and I don't function as a political… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Many novelists say, "I'm not a political novelist" - myself included. That's a standard, even a default position. Whereas that divide between… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Translated literature can be fascinating. There's something so intriguing about reading the text second hand - a piece of prose that has… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
I'm often a little perplexed, when I read a review of a book, by the quotes that are pulled out as evidence… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Translated literature can be fascinating. There's something so intriguing about reading the text second hand - a piece of prose that has already been… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast scale, challenging… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
“life rarely finds its exact likeness in a novel, that is hardly fiction’s purpose,” — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
There's a long relationship between science fiction and the 'novel of ideas,' and I think writers of science fiction are able to draw on… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
I'm often a little perplexed, when I read a review of a book, by the quotes that are pulled out as evidence of excellent… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose,… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
I think it's poignant and powerful, this idea that if someone knows your name, they have the ability to kind of hail you and… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
“A place has a curious quality when you have only a partial understanding of its language, and in those early months the sensation was… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
“People were capable of living their lives in a state of permanent disappointment, there were plenty of people who did not marry the person… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
I was introduced to fighting by my brother - he's a tattooer, a tough guy - and I completely fell in love with it.… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
I don't know why I write. The honest answer is that I don't have an answer. I wouldn't die if I couldn't write fiction.… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
“It was a terrible thing, to love and not know whether you were loved in return, it led to the worst sensations--jealousy, rage, self-loathing--to… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share
