Books Quote by Haruki Murakami

I have read all my novels that were translated into English. Reading my novels is enjoyable because I forget almost all the content in…

— Haruki Murakami

When a translator translates my book, it is no longer just my book. It is the translator's book, too. So the book in another…

— Sam Lipsyte

I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.

— Nancy Mitford

I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an…

— Adam Morris

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

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

I have a deep love for the art of translation, and I couldn't find a novel that captured the fascinating, reckless adventure of it…

— Idra Novey

I'm a believer in the benefits of translation. It's a necessity and a privilege - it would be awful to be limited to reading…

— Daniel Alarcon

Books are a languid pleasure.

— Michel de Montaigne

I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language.

— Johnny Flynn

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

— Etgar Keret

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

— Nawal El Saadawi