I think there's such a fine line in a relationship. The role of imagination and privacy... how much space can you allow before that becomes distance? And similarly, imagination is empathy. That's how you achieve empathy. It's how you can… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
There should be characters and situations that we cannot identify with, that retain either too much horror or too much wonder to allow for simple identification. That feels to me like an accurate depiction of what it is like to… — 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 Image
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 Image
“life rarely finds its exact likeness in a novel, that is hardly fiction’s purpose,” — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 in prose,… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
