It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different. Jhumpa Lahiri clothelookmark Change image and share on social
Winning the Pulitzer is wonderful and it's an honor and I feel so humbled and so grateful, but I think that I'll think of it very much as the final sort of final moment for this book and put it behind me along with the rest of the book, as I write more books. Jhumpa Lahiri bookfeelfinal share on social
I think one of the things that attracted me about theater and the stage was the ability to escape reality. And that is what I do in my work as a writer, but in a different way. And the freedom to put your own existence on ice and become another person. Jhumpa Lahiri abilityattractescape share on social
When I write in Italian - this is just the metaphor that came to me immediately, and I really think this is what it is - I feel like I'm writing with my left hand. Because of that weakness, there is this enormous freedom that comes with it. Jhumpa Lahiri enormousfeelfreedom share on social
You know, since the reviews have come out and people have reacted to it, I've realized that is in a sense what has happened. But as I was writing them, I didn't feel a part of any tradition. I think that would have been too overwhelming, in a sense. Jhumpa Lahiri feelhappenhave share on social
I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've opened email accounts, twice actually, but it's something I don't want in my life right now. Jhumpa Lahiri accessaccountbystander share on social
I try to represent specific experiences of specific characters, and that's all I want to try to do. I don't ever try to think about representing a culture, because its impossible, and someone will fault you. And it just doesn't interest me. Jhumpa Lahiri charactercultureexperience share on social
I tend to read mostly 20th-century fiction, 20th-, 21st-century fiction in Italian. Jhumpa Lahiri 20th21stcentury Change image and share on social
I started writing after college, slowly, secretly writing. Jhumpa Lahiri collegesecretlyslowly Change image and share on social
A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading. Jhumpa Lahiri denyevadefret Change image and share on social