He told me he was working as an interpreter in a doctor's office in Brookline, Massachusetts, where I was living at the time, and he was translating for a doctor who had a number of Russian patients. On my way home, after running into him, I just heard this phrase in my head. Jhumpa Lahiri brooklinedoctorhead share on social
Writing has certain advantages; film is another way to tell a story. An experienced filmmaker will take what she needs from the book and leave out other things. With adaptations, you never get the texture of the writing: it's a different mode. Jhumpa Lahiri adaptationadvantagebook share on social
There's more than enough in the world I am currently writing about to last for several lifetimes of writing. Jhumpa Lahiri lifetimeworldwrite Change image and share on social
The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold. Jhumpa Lahiri adversechemicalcold Change image and share on social
Language, identity, place, home: these are all of a piece - just different elements of belonging and not-belonging. Jhumpa Lahiri belongelementhome Change image and 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
Part of my whole project from the beginning was to make an absent world present for my parents, which was India. Jhumpa Lahiri absentbeginindia Change image and share on social
When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a story which is hard enough. Jhumpa Lahiri hardideamessage Change image and share on social
Surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all its specificity and dimensions. To affect us and alter us, as profoundly as real people and things do. Jhumpa Lahiri affectalterarrange share on social
I feel partly American, but I have an ambiguous relation with both America and India, the only two countries I really know. I never feel fully one way or the other. Jhumpa Lahiri ambiguousamericaamerican Change image and share on social
