Beloved Quote by Idra Novey

In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to…

— Miroslav Penkov

When you fall in love with a book, something especially interesting and exciting is happening because of the way language works on us as…

— Ali Smith

Trying to take a feeling from one language, and express it in another is naturally that's my goal. You can't possibly achieve that in…

— Ann Goldstein

It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when the language is incomprehensible.

— Frances Mayes

language is magical - it's a form of conjuring. If you do it convincingly, readers will follow you.

— Ruth Ozeki

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

— Johnny Flynn

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

I think that is one of the first things that I got clear in my mind when I began to play around with fiction,…

— Chinua Achebe

There's a whole language out there, and one's role as a writer is to stumble around in it.

— Ciaran Carson

The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.

— Toni Morrison

It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people.

— Haruki Murakami

All I care about is that the audience should remember me for the character I play. I want to be part of content-driven films…

— Jisshu Sengupta