I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into Spanish.
In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.
When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.
I fell in love with words in all languages, and I read everything I could find, particularly myths and legends and histories and archeology and any novels.
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.
The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read.
I'm a fan of books that are almost languorous in their storytelling. That is a little bit lost sometimes in the modern media that we have.
I've always been in love with language. My favorite book is a dictionary. I have always loved words.
I didn't want it to be a book that made pronouncements.
Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading.