I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.
I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen. - Louis Begley
I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen.
- Louis Begley
As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened… - Louis Begley
As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened…
I think that Jews - because they are a distinct, gifted and successful group that differentiates itself from societies in which it lives - are vulner… - Louis Begley
I think that Jews - because they are a distinct, gifted and successful group that differentiates itself from societies in which it lives - are vulner…
In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always do… - Louis Begley
In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always do…
I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I would like to continue to tell s… - Louis Begley
I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I would like to continue to tell s…
My views about the safety of Jews in the world have not been changed by the work on the Dreyfus affair or, for that matter, by the work I did on Fran… - Louis Begley
My views about the safety of Jews in the world have not been changed by the work on the Dreyfus affair or, for that matter, by the work I did on Fran…
If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction. - Louis Begley
If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction.
I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and ove… - Louis Begley
I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and ove…
I'm not ashamed to admit that occasionally I've found myself aroused by my own depictions of sex. - Louis Begley
I'm not ashamed to admit that occasionally I've found myself aroused by my own depictions of sex.
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