Elif Batuman Quotes
- The novel form is about the protagonist's struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books.
- Love is a rare and valuable thing, and you don't get to choose its object. You just go around getting hung up on all the…
- If I could start over today, I would choose literature again. If the answers exist in the world or in the universe, I still think…
- I think any start has to be a false start because really there’s no way to start. You just have to force yourself to sit…
- I am a great admirer of Henry Jeffreys and have been eagerly awaiting his booze and empire book for many years!
- Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia Highsmith into a…