Writing a novel, in an unplanned and unpredictable way, makes you engaged; it takes you into yourself, and it becomes something between you and the character for a moment, and then you move back into the structure of the book. I love those moments, because they are completely unbidden.
David BezmozgisWhen writing dialogue, I hear it in both Russian and English, and try to find a language that combines the two.
David BezmozgisIf the fidelity [ in a book] isn't maintained, the reader will think your structure is extraneous, or superficial, or that you're trying to curry favor, or live up to the expectations of some sort of genre or structure.
David BezmozgisWe all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are.
David BezmozgisIn my experience of women, women have a greater capacity. Maybe women, even very pragmatic ones, are less guarded about showing emotions.
David BezmozgisI believe I'm very conscious of exactly what I'm doing. I'm auditioning lines of dialogue, and I'm interrogating whether the lines would translate from Russian into English the right way. The English that results can perhaps seem somewhat more formal than colloquial, but not so formal as to feel academic.
David Bezmozgis