Giang Le

“Glory, for the translator, is borrowed glory. There is no way around this. Translators are celebrated when they translate celebrated books.”
― Tim Parks

“...stopping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don’t feel like it, and sometimes you’re doing good work when it feels like all you’re managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.”
― Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston - The Last Emperor

“For pomp is a tenacious force. And a wily one too.
How humbly it bows its head as the emperor is dragged down the steps and tossed in the street. But then, having quietly bided its time, while helping the newly appointed leader on with his jacket, it compliments his appearance and suggests the wearing of a medal or two. Or, having served him at the formal dinner, it wonders aloud if a taller chair might not have been more fitting for a man with such responsibilities.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow