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

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.

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.

To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.

With the help of God, we shall triumph in any trouble.

Never allow your fears to take control of you”.

I Lie and that's the Truth

You gotta be in the NOW to create and experience the WOW!

Second, there are so many magical places in books that you cant go to, like Hogwarts and Middle Earth, so I wanted to set a story in a place where children can actually go.

Death is very mysterious to us. One moment someone is there with us, and the next moment they're not.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you.

Taxpayers have spent more than $200 billion in the last decade on computer systems that are antiquated, incompatible, and not doing the job.