I see Quote by Lydia Davis Download Open image “I see people sometimes who remind me of my narrators.” — Lydia Davis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare I see Me People Remind See Sometimes Who
I can't reasonably pretend to be a transparent and omniscient narrator who brings no personal perspective. That person doesn't exist. — Molly Crabapple Copy Share Image
I write unreliable narrators because - paradoxically - they're the most honest, true-to-life kind there is. — Ruth Ware Copy Share Image
I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
I think the major device for me is that narrator's voice. I'm always trying to find a different kind of form to tell whatever… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters. — Kartik Aaryan Copy Share Image
Sometimes I hear a voice - sometimes it's the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves. — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
I know I love a novel with an unreliable narrator, and I think many readers do as well. — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll get a premise, you know, for a book. In fact, I get those quite often. And I don't commit to it until… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
When I tell stories about people I dislike, I give them ridiculous voices. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Heart weeps. Head tries to help heart. Head tells heart how it is, again: You will lose the ones you love. They will all… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“But on that particular day I did not even begin to feel interested in this chore, and was suddenly more deeply bored than I… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly adapt to… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
I worked more intensively hour after hour when I was starting out [writing]. More laboriously. I'd say quantity is important as well as quality,… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
I don't feel I have to struggle against allegory. I let the readers do the interpreting. — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“because she couldn’t write the name of what she was: a wa wam owm owamn womn” — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“Everything was sharper, clearer, and closer, as though, before, I had been seeing only little bits at a time, not all of it, of… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“He did not know exactly when to thank his hostess after attending a dinner or a weekend party. In his uncertainty, he would thank… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“There was no confusion of our bodies. I knew which arm was his and which mine, and which leg, and which shoulder. I did… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“So it’s not really $100 a shot because it goes on all day, from the start when you wake up and feel her body… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“The people of the town, though, remained strangers: I could not realize that I must be seeing some of them over and over again,… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Nobody has a crystal ball, and part of evolving a business plan is to say, 'I might have said we're going left, but I… — Ryan Kavanaugh Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Like many other scientists who hold the Catholic faith, I see the Creator's plan and purpose fulfilled in our universe. I see a planet… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person. — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
I see people as being what their personality is at the moment of expression. — Ryan Trecartin Copy Share Image
I see other teams playing aggressive, attacking football, they are games I switch on and watch. They are the football teams I want to… — Angelos Postecoglou Copy Share Image
When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of… — Ben Brantley Copy Share Image
My dream as a passionate cook has been to go to Le Cordon Bleu. Never could my most incredible dream have lived up to… — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's… — Michael Ovitz Copy Share Image
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