Louis Begley Quotes

Louis Begley — American Novelist born on October 06, 1933,

Louis Begley is a Polish American novelist. He is best known for writing the semi-autobiographical Holocaust novel, Wartime Lies , and the Schmidt trilogy: About Schmidt , Schmidt Delivered and Schmidt Steps Back ... (wikipedia)

I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English.

I think that Jews - because they are a distinct, gifted and successful group that differentiates itself from societies in which it lives - are vulnerable wherever the rule of law is not paramount.

In legal practice, in the representation of clients, I have always felt deeply engaged, serene, and not all inclined to stand aside. I have always done whatever needed to be done, and have usually gotten my way.

I have no interest in writing confessions, in deliberately baring myself to my readers. I prefer to remain behind a screen.

If a comparative-literature major had existed at Harvard College for undergraduates I would have surely gone in that direction.