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Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading.

— Craig Thompson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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.

— Patrick Rothfuss

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.

— Jean-Jacques Annaud

The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read.

— Jorge Amado

Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.

— Yoko Ono

I've always been in love with language. My favorite book is a dictionary. I have always loved words.

— Denis Villeneuve

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

— Tom Clancy

I don't think most books can be justifiably translated on screen. The film versions can't convey the right emotion, fuel your imagination or allow you to visualise every line the way books do.

— Sonam Kapoor

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.

— George Mikes

There are things I read doing research, and there are certain books and writers I just love to read. There are books of Brian Morten's that I love, for instance. There's a wonderful book by an Australian writer named Helen Garner called 'The Children's Bach,' and I just love the way she uses language in it.

— Sue Miller

✗Opposing Perspectives

I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.

— Bayard Taylor