I always hesitate to say that something is lifelike.

The truth is, just to hear other people speaking Italian is really worth it. It keeps the sound in your ear.

It's one of the hardest things to translate anything that's not standard.

I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound.

I think that physical actions are always hard to describe, to translate.

One naturally identifies to some extent with an "I" female narrator going through something that you recognize whether you've gone through it or not.

That's a huge subject - a writer refusing to do publicity but writing about publicity.

To have the translator be a figure in the book's presentation seems like a big thing, especially for a book that's really popular.

I tend to be kind of literal about translation. I think it's important to present the writer as closely as possible.

When you show love and empathy to people, you draw them closer to your beliefs and traditions

As politicians know all too well, even a Government that does not represent the wishes of a people can count on their support once the nation is locked in conflict with an external foe.

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.

Indian believes they ain't but two sins... bein a coward... and turnin agin yer own kind.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

There are many names for winds derived from localities or from the squalls which sweep from rivers or down mountains.

Horror and moral terror are your friends.

Some conservatives are traditionalists, and the idea of breaking things up and changing things is concerning to them at times.

It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

We talked filth for a pleasant half hour.