"Why don't you like the foods I like?"……" — Lydia Davis

"Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer."

— Lydia Davis

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36 Quotes by Lydia Davis

Lydia Davis has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We feel an affinity with a certain thinker because we agree with him; or because he shows us what we…
We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend asks a…
You know the pain is part of the whole thing. And it isn’t that you can say afterwards the pleasure…
The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that…
I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort…
No one is calling me. I can’t check the answering machine because I have been here all this time. If…
To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary…
But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe…
Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.
I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois…
I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for…
I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!

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