Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy. — Deborah Smith Getting older Copy Share Image
“I buried my grief for my son, not my memories, but my grief.” — Deborah Smith Death Copy Share Image
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the… — Deborah Smith Book Copy Share Image
A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal… — Deborah Smith Bed Copy Share Image
Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded! — Deborah Smith Excited Copy Share Image
I suspected learning a language would be both useful and enjoyable (I love memorising lists of things), and would get rid of… — Deborah Smith Education Copy Share Image
“A vida é fugaz. A vida é preciosa. Temos de gozar cada momento. A sensualidade de respirar, de sentir, de querer.” — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
“The best sex takes us somewhere. Somewhere warm and expansive, a paradise of lust and happiness. Sex is and can be and… — Deborah Smith Happiness Copy Share Image
Possibly the best thing about the whole experience is that Kang and I are now really good friends. It's as much of… — Deborah Smith Best things Copy Share Image
I've translated two of Bae's novels, A Greater Music and Recitation, which are coming from Open Letter and Deep Vellum in October… — Deborah Smith Bae Copy Share Image
Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and über-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso's comms director,… — Deborah Smith Art Copy Share Image
There's no linear narrative - the structure is more like a series of variations on a theme (how identity is shaped by… — Deborah Smith Bleeding Copy Share Image
There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as… — Deborah Smith Anchors Copy Share Image
Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is… — Deborah Smith Conservatism Copy Share Image
Whenever I visit Korea she [Kang] buys me lunch and takes me to a gallery. As if all this wasn't enough, she… — Deborah Smith Artistic Copy Share Image
“I don’t ask for guarantees. I’ll tell you what I want. I want to laugh with you. Sit and look at you.… — Deborah Smith Life Copy Share Image
“There are people nobody notices, but the world revolves around them. They're the quiet ones, the strong, peaceful ones, who form the… — Deborah Smith Family Copy Share Image
I first came across her [Bae Suah] when I read some elderly male critic castigating her for 'doing violence to the Korean… — Deborah Smith Bae Copy Share Image
Actually, I'm frequently described as the UK's only translator of Korean literature, but even that isn't accurate - Agnita Tennant is UK-based,… — Deborah Smith Accurate Copy Share Image
Khairani Barokka is a writer, spoken-word poet, visual artist and performer whose work has a strong vein of activism, particularly around disability,… — Deborah Smith Activism Copy Share Image
“There's never been a war in the history of the world that wasn't started by the wealthy for the wealthy” — Deborah Smith History Copy Share Image
I did my BA in English lit, and hated the restriction - I'd always read more in translation than not; coming from… — Deborah Smith Backgrounds Copy Share Image
So the aim for the press was a mixture of things: to publish under-represented writing, which is an intersection of original language,… — Deborah Smith Aim Copy Share Image
Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel… — Deborah Smith Appeals Copy Share Image
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