I feel my writing comes from a desire to... well, it's motivated by many things, but it's inherently a contradiction in that I'm writing for myself, and it's a very interior journey. On the other hand, I feel that writers do make that interior journey out of a desire to connect. Jhumpa Lahiri connectcontradictiondesire 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
Language and identity are so fundamentally intertwined. You peel back all the layers in terms of what we wear and what we eat and all the things that mark us, and in the end, what we have are our words. Jhumpa Lahiri backeatend share on social
The Italians always know that I'm not Italian. Jhumpa Lahiri italian 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
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
Relationships do not preclude issues of morality. Jhumpa Lahiri issuemoralitypreclude Change image and share on social
The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Jhumpa Lahiri bookembracehandshake Change image and share on social
Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be the case for non-Indians. Jhumpa Lahiri caseexperienceindian Change image and share on social
