There are books like Darkness at Noon, which from the prose standpoint I don't think is a perfect book. It has flaws. But for its time, it was very politically courageous.
I believe I'm very conscious of exactly what I'm doing. I'm auditioning lines of dialogue, and I'm interrogating whether the lines would translate fr… - David Bezmozgis
I believe I'm very conscious of exactly what I'm doing. I'm auditioning lines of dialogue, and I'm interrogating whether the lines would translate fr…
- David Bezmozgis
Language is a personality as well. People are different when they speak different languages. - David Bezmozgis
Language is a personality as well. People are different when they speak different languages.
When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two. - David Bezmozgis
When writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.
I spent seven years writing The Free World. There are a lot of things I accomplished there that I'm very proud of, but I didn't want to spend another… - David Bezmozgis
I spent seven years writing The Free World. There are a lot of things I accomplished there that I'm very proud of, but I didn't want to spend another…
I think having an uncompromising ideology eventually forces you out of the norm. - David Bezmozgis
I think having an uncompromising ideology eventually forces you out of the norm.
We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be? - David Bezmozgis
We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be?
People everywhere feel differently at different times of their lives. - David Bezmozgis
People everywhere feel differently at different times of their lives.
Most people will reach a point where, whatever their ideology, they will relent, or conform, and that keeps them kind of in the general mass of peopl… - David Bezmozgis
Most people will reach a point where, whatever their ideology, they will relent, or conform, and that keeps them kind of in the general mass of peopl…
When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel. - David Bezmozgis
When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.
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