“I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I would like to continue to tell stories so long as I have stories to tell.” IfsWritingWellsMayLongStoriesFireSubjectsPossibility Author:Louis Begley
“If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction.” IfsLiteratureGoneCollegeMajorsHarvardComparative Literature Author:Louis Begley
“I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.” IfsThinkingWritingFirstsSelfWould BeLanguageHavensElementsTestsSentencesAssured Author:Louis Begley
