Jhumpa Lahiri quotes - page 3

Sometimes, so much of the difficulty is the question of 'What am I going to write about?' because the world is so vast. (Jhumpa Lahiri)
I write about characters that interest me. And I don't think of my books as being forms of entertainment. View quote
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The essential dilemma of my life is between my deep desire to belong and my suspicion of belonging. View quote
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I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories. View quote
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Why do I write? To investigate the mystery of existence. To tolerate myself. To get closer to everything that is outside of me. View quote
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Many of my characters struggle with loneliness, that is fair to say. View quote
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He told me he was working as an interpreter in a doctor's office in Brookline, Massachusetts, where I was living at the time, and he was translating for a doctor who had a number of Russian patients. On my way home, after running into him, I just heard this phrase in my head. View quote
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If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day. View quote
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A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading. View quote
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I have very little choice. If I don't write, I feel dreadful. So I write. View quote
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In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response. (Jhumpa Lahiri)
I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story. View quote
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A writer has to true to him or herself. Period. That's it! View quote
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I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison. View quote
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It's easy to set a story anywhere if you get a good guidebook and get some basic street names, and some descriptions, but, for me, yes, I am indebted to my travels to India for several of the stories. View quote
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