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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard! Manuel Puig appearcreatehard Change image and share on social
If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious. Manuel Puig characternovelistpersonal Change image and share on social
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they? Manuel Puig dreammodelnocturnal Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me. Ann Bancroft lousyluckyreader Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social