“I like to think of the individual words, then you put the word in the sentence, then you have to think about what that word means in the sentence, then you have to read the sentence in the paragraph - you're sort of building up like that; that's my philosophy.” ThinkingMeanPhilosophyIndividualBuildingSentencesParagraphBuilding Up Author:Ann Goldstein
“Primo Levi's - I mean, he's a very different kind of writer. He's a much more formal writer. He's a much more -almost detached. I mean, I wouldn't really say that he's detached ultimately. But he does write as a scientist, and so he describes things very - in great detail, very carefully.” WritingKindMeanDoeDifferentScientistDetailsDifferent KindsFormalDetachedLevi's Author:Ann Goldstein
“I think that if you are sticking to the text, essentially, you're not trying to write your own version of it. I mean, of course, it is your own version of it. And every translator would probably have a different version. But I think that that's what keeps the writers from being individual in English. They may be my English, but I don't think that Ferrante sounds like Levi.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingMayMeanDifferentCoursesIndividualSoundVersionsTranslatorsWrite Your Own Author:Ann Goldstein
