I had been learning Italian for years. I always loved Latin, but Italian is a living language; I'm writing in it now as well as reading it. It is so interesting delving further into language. Jhumpa Lahiri delveinterestitalian 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
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
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
The urge to convert experience into a group of words that are in a grammatical relation to one another is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life. Jhumpa Lahiri basicconvertexperience 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
I feel as though I've gotten to a point where I don't really want to set a book in any real place ever again. Jhumpa Lahiri bookfeelhave Change image and share on social
I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things. Jhumpa Lahiri creativediscoverinstrument share on social
Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story. Jhumpa Lahiri bookinterpretermalady Change image and share on social
Relationships do not preclude issues of morality. Jhumpa Lahiri issuemoralitypreclude Change image and share on social
