Delivery Quote by Mandy Patinkin

People who want to express themselves effectively can learn a lot from the hard-won concision of the copywriter.

— David Droga

“The translator's task is essentially a difficult and often a thankless one. He is severely criticized if he makes a mistake, but only faintly…

— Eugene A. Nida

The duty and the task of a writer are those of an interpreter.

— Marcel Proust

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

— David Crystal

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

— W. G. Sebald

I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.

— Vivek Shraya

The peculiar need to write is increased, it seems, rather than allayed with practice.

— Fay Weldon

If you have to go back and spell-check the text you're about to send, you're saying too much.

— Jaleel White

When I write legally, I try to write very plain, very vanilla, very clear.

— William Lashner

Often, the idea that there can be a wide range of translations of one text doesn't occur to people - or that a translation…

— Lydia Davis

“People approach writers, assuming we pull a perfect text out of our nose each time (well spelled). Spelling is the least of it.”

— Sara Levine

I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say…

— Lydia Davis