Books Quote by Park Chan-wook Download Open image “I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean.” — Park Chan-wook ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Korean Novel Novels Translated Read Sarah Sarah Waters Translated Korean Water Waters Novels
To be honest, I'm not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
To be honest, Im not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Alongside Han Kang, there's only one other author I've chosen to translate so far - Bae Suah. Her work is radical both stylistically and politically, influenced by her own translation practice (she's translated the likes of Kafka, Pessoa, and Sadeq Hedayat into Korean). Her language is simply extraordinary. — Deborah Smith Copy Share
Actually, I'm frequently described as the UK's only translator of Korean literature, but even that isn't accurate - Agnita Tennant is UK-based, Janet Poole is British though lives in Toronto, Brother Anthony was born here though is now a naturalised Korean citizen. There's also Chi-young Kim and Sora Kim-Russell, who are younger and do fiction for commercial houses. — Deborah Smith Copy Share
All of which suggested literary translation, and Korean seemed a good bet - barely anything available in English, yet it was a modern, developed… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of contemporary Korea… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Copy Share Image
I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern media that… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped the prestigious Bookseller's Award, for critically-acclaimed fiction that also has a wide popular appeal. She stands out for her focus on social minorities - her protagonists are slum inhabitants, trans women, orphans - and for… — Deborah Smith Copy Share
It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Whenever I visit Korea she [Kang] buys me lunch and takes me to a gallery. As if all this wasn't enough, she has incredible respect for translation as a creative, artistic practice - she insists that each English version is 'our book', offered to share her fees with me when she found out I wasn't getting paid for translating her… — Deborah Smith Copy Share
In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for… — PSY Copy Share Image
Actors are professionals who deal with people's emotions and their thoughts. So, working with this very intelligent, smart cast meant that sometimes I would… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
If you would ask me what my ideal process is, I would say, long pre-production, long production and long post-production. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
When it comes to remaking my own films in the English language, I can only imagine that it is a very boring process, I… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch. — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
