The essential dilemma of my life is between my deep desire to belong and my suspicion of belonging. Jhumpa Lahiri belongdeepdesire Change image and share on social
I started writing after college, slowly, secretly writing. Jhumpa Lahiri collegesecretlyslowly Change image and share on social
If certain books are to be termed 'immigrant fiction,' what do we call the rest? Native fiction? Puritan fiction? This distinction doesn't agree with me. Jhumpa Lahiri agreebookcall Change image and share on social
In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil. Jhumpa Lahiri breathecharacterconvey Change image and share on social
I'm the least-experimental writer. The idea of trying things just for the sake of pushing the envelope, that's never really interested me. Jhumpa Lahiri envelopeexperimentalidea Change image and share on social
In graduate school, I decide to write my doctoral thesis on how Italian architecture influenced English playwrights of the seventeenth century. I wonder why certain playwrights decided to set their tragedies, written in English, in Italian palaces. Jhumpa Lahiri architecturecenturydecide share on social
Sometimes, so much of the difficulty is the question of 'What am I going to write about?' because the world is so vast. Jhumpa Lahiri difficultyquestionvast Change image and share on social
I never want to deal with a book once I'm finished writing. Jhumpa Lahiri bookdealfinish Change image and share on social
I think it's the small things, the smaller episodes and details that I linger on and try to draw meaning from, just personally. Jhumpa Lahiri detaildrawepisode Change image and share on social
So much of my writing derives from these questions that I ask myself - things that are utterly beyond my personal set of experiences - and it's my attempt to try to... understand, to sort of break out of my own consciousness, you know, the limitations of my own life. Jhumpa Lahiri attemptbreakconsciousness share on social
