I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.

I only understand realism.