Lydia Davis Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Lydia Davis quotes and sayings page 2 (writer). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 28 we have.
                
                                        
                    “The existence of another, competing translation is a good thing, in general, and only immediately discouraging to one person - the translator who, after one, two, or three years of more or less careful work, sees another, and perhaps superior, version appear as if overnight.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I would recommend, definitely, developing a 'day job' that you like - don't expect to make money writing!”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I do see an interest in writing for Twitter.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I do think novels are overlooked. I did write one some years ago that I think is quite good, called 'The End of the Story,' not to blow my own horn.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I don't like to hurt people's feelings, and I don't like to knock other writers as a matter of principle.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I first read 'Madame Bovary' in my teens or early twenties.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I follow my interests pretty - I don't like the word 'intuitively.' I follow them in a kind of natural way, without questioning them too much.”
                    
                 
                
                
                                            
                                        
                    “I see people sometimes who remind me of my narrators.”
                    
                 
                 
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