Ibid., p. 353
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Eu não escrevo em português. Escrevo eu mesmo.
“I don't like to write anything down on paper that I would not say to myself.”
“I know writing is what I do but I still don't see myself as one.”
Small talk: Dermot Healy, 2011
Interview in The Baton Rouge Advocate (1980), as quoted in "J.D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye,' dies" in The Washington Post (28 January 2010) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/28/AR2010012803177.html
“At any rate I found myself writing because I had to write, although I didn’t know why.”
Kaddish for a Child Not Born (1990)
“When I write, I solemnly visit myself.”
Ibid., p. 287
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Quando escrevo, visito-me solenemente.
“I write in order to comprehend, not to express myself.”
