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
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…
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…
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 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.
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…
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.
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