All Lydia Davis Quotes
- Art is not in some far-off place. Art
- I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring. Boring
- So the question really is, Why doesn't that pain make you say, I won't do it again? When the pain is so bad that you… Bad
- Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized. Become Better
- Maybe the truth does not matter, but I want to know it if only so that I can come to some conclusions about such questions… Act
- The existence of another, competing translation is a good thing, in general, and only immediately discouraging to one person - the translator who, after one,… Appear
- Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really. Any
- I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. Interest
- If I was writing about an academic or a more difficult person, I would use the Latinate vocabulary more, but I do think Anglo-saxon is… Academic
- I see people sometimes who remind me of my narrators. Me
- I find teaching - I like it, but I find just walking into the classroom and facing the students very difficult. Classroom