I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things.

Even though I believe a superlative translation can achieve timelessness, that doesn't mean I think other translators shouldn't attempt other versions. The more the better, in the end.

If I was writing about an academic or a more difficult person, I would use the Latinate vocabulary more, but I do think Anglo-saxon is the language of emotion.

If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly adapt to the style of a translator, stop noticing it, and get caught up in the story.

I think it's important to encourage gluttony in all its formats.

I like spending a lot of time fine-tuning all the small characters. I think it really pays off.