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Lydia Davis Quotes

American - Writer | July 15, 1947 -

I see people sometimes who remind me of my narrators.

People Me Sometimes See I See Who

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.

Too Much Kind Way Follow Questioning

I think I have a sense right in the beginning of how big an idea it is and how much room it needs, and, almost more importantly, how long it would sustain anybody's interest.

Beginning Think Long More Right Big

I find teaching - I like it, but I find just walking into the classroom and facing the students very difficult.

Walking Find Difficult Classroom

I always interrupt work with other work, either in a small way or big way, so that's normal.

Work Small Way Always Normal Big

All of the little entries in 'The Cows' were written in an irregular way. There might be one or two done one day, and then two weeks might go by or four weeks, and then they were put in an order or sequence.

Day Go Done One Day Way Two

Collections aren't really planned. I just keep writing short pieces until I have enough for a collection.

Writing Short Enough Pieces Planned

I wrote the first draft of 'Madame Bovary' without studying the previous translations, although I gathered them and took the occasional peek.

First Studying Without Draft Peek

I first read 'Madame Bovary' in my teens or early twenties.

Early First Read Twenties Teens

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.

Work Good Person Three More Two

If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly adapt to the style of a translator, stop noticing it, and get caught up in the story.

Style Writing Story Problems Adapt

Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really.

Better More May Number Text Course

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