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Quote by Miroslav Penkov

“Words physically have power to bring things into existence.”

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Miroslav Penkov, born in 1982, is an individual whose profession is unknown. Due to limited information, detailed biographical and achievement descriptions are not available. more

“I don't find English restrictive, but it brings a level of discipline to my writing that I wouldn't have in Bulgarian. My control of English, however you define it, my ability to work in English, is more limited than in Bulgarian. That means out of necessity I have to develop a style that goes for clarity of expression which I may not have done otherwise.”

Writing Mean Done Ability Style Discipline Clarity

Author:Miroslav Penkov

“In Bulgarian I am much more flowery, the sentences are wilder. In English out of necessity I try to be clear and disciplined. I realized by writing in English there is so much more to writing a good story than the style.”

Writing Trying Style I Realized Wilder

Author:Miroslav Penkov

“When I was writing in Bulgarian, I could hide behind beautiful prose.”

Writing Beautiful Prose

Author:Miroslav Penkov

“In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to get the sense that another language is being spoken.”

Moments Language

Author:Miroslav Penkov

“Helpful to me over the years was some of Ernest Hemingway's writing, for example A Farewell to Arms. You have characters who speak Italian or Spanish to each other. It's been helpful to me to study and try to emulate that in that way.”

Writing Trying Character Speak Study Helpful Italian Farewell

Author:Miroslav Penkov

“I was really interested in the ritual of fire dancing. I saw it when I was a kid. My parents took me to the Black Sea, it was like a tourist attraction. I think it would be hard to find a Bulgarian who is not familiar with the image. I started reading about it, and I found out there are only two villages in Bulgaria were they still do it properly, where it's not for tourists, and they were both in the Strandja Mountains.”

Thinking Kids Reading Parent Black Mountain Dancing Attraction Familiar Ritual

Author:Miroslav Penkov

“If you're lucky on a team, even if you're not sisters or brothers, you become such a family that you get that kind of open and honest relationship. Where the chemistry is great and even if tempers flare, you forgive each other. I was always looking for a sisterhood. You're not always lucky enough to get that magical chemistry, but you can't win without it.”

Kind Enough Winning Team Honest Brother Lucky Forgiving Chemistry Temper Sisterhood

Author:Colleen Jones

“My curling personality really had the killer instinct, compared to the real me. I kind of liken it to when a surgeon is going into the operating room and has to put his game face on. But in real life, he might be a charming guy to have a beer with. Everybody always told me that I had Maurice Richard eyes when I competed; that the intensity that was on my face was scary. But that was what I needed to bring when I stepped on the ice. And even to this day, when I get on the rink, that person comes out pretty quickly. My brain and body know that I'm going into battle.”

Kind Real Eye Guy Brain Personality Battle Instinct Scary Real Life Beer This Day Charming Surgeons

Author:Colleen Jones

“I loved curling and I loved the social aspect of it, the team. It's like if you had the same golf foursome for a long time, or if you're a bridge player, or a beer-league hockey team. You start to look forward to that time together and camaraderie, and having something that you do just for yourself.”

Long Together Player Team Golf Hockey Camaraderie Time Together

Author:Colleen Jones

“I'm a big believer in the collective unconscious. The idea that there is a deep connection between all of us that goes back to our ancestors and forward to the people who will come after us. It's essentially the job of the artist to anchor that nebulous space, and I think that's what a writer does: goes to that strange place and brings back these little trinkets. The unspoken experience percolated throughout the generations allows you to have knowledge of things you wouldn't know first hand.”

People Thinking Artist Strange Believer Unconscious Ancestor

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