Deborah Eisenberg Zitate auf Englisch

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I think that children are acutely sensitive to injustice because they live in a world that is absolutely filled with injustice. They have very, very little power, and they are extremely aware of power relations.

It's certainly possible to write fiction that isn't trivial and isn't what people would call political, but it is very hard to figure out how, because our ordinary lives have such a strong tincture now of the whole world.

Deborah Eisenberg

I've never really thought of writing books. I've never thought about stories as a part of a collection.

Deborah Eisenberg

I always need huge amounts of time to do anything.

Deborah Eisenberg

I think that children are acutely sensitive to injustice because they live in a world that is absolutely filled with injustice. They have very, very little power, and they are extremely aware of power relations.

Deborah Eisenberg

I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.

Deborah Eisenberg

I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

Deborah Eisenberg

I suppose I'm always looking for a sort of acuity of perception either in my characters or about my characters.

Deborah Eisenberg

I like the eclipses, the synaptic jumps of short stories. The reader has to participate very actively in the experience.

Deborah Eisenberg