In some sense the text and the translator are locked in struggle - 'I attacked that sentence, it resisted me, I attacked another, it eluded me' - a struggle in which, curiously, when the translator wins, the text wins too.
I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings, and I don’t like to knock other writers as a matter of principle. - Lydia Davis
I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings, and I don’t like to knock other writers as a matter of principle.
- Lydia Davis
Art is not in some far-off place. - Lydia Davis
Art is not in some far-off place.
Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market. - Lydia Davis
Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.
Nearly every morning, a certain woman in our community comes running out of her house with her face white and her overcoat flapping wildly. She cries… - Lydia Davis
Nearly every morning, a certain woman in our community comes running out of her house with her face white and her overcoat flapping wildly. She cries…
I looked like a woman in glasses, but I had dreams of leading a very different kind of life, the life of a woman who would not wear glasses, the kind… - Lydia Davis
I looked like a woman in glasses, but I had dreams of leading a very different kind of life, the life of a woman who would not wear glasses, the kind…
Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized. - Lydia Davis
Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized.
I don't believe a good poet is very often deliberately obscure. A poet writes in a way necessary to him or her; the reader may then find the poem dif… - Lydia Davis
I don't believe a good poet is very often deliberately obscure. A poet writes in a way necessary to him or her; the reader may then find the poem dif…
The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is li… - Lydia Davis
The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not real. Another way all this is li…
I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas! - Lydia Davis
I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!
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