Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don't be afraid to listen to constructive criticism. Jonathan Galassi More Quotes by Jonathan Galassi More Quotes From Jonathan Galassi I can write anywhere that's quiet. I have a study in my apartment, but I often work in the kitchen of a house that we rent in the country. Jonathan Galassi kitchen i-can work country I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement. Jonathan Galassi encouragement work time people My biggest concern about the market is the force that acts to drive down price, because I think that's destructive to authors as well as publishers. Our biggest battle is to underline the value of intellectual property. Jonathan Galassi value drive think battle A translation needs to read convincingly. There's no limit to what can go into it in terms of background research, feeling, or your own interests in form and history. But what should come out is something that reads as convincing English-language text. Jonathan Galassi own feeling research history I was nearly 40 when I published my first book. I was a slow starter - or rather, I was slow to gather my work together, though I had published translations, mainly of the Italian poet Montale, by then. Jonathan Galassi slow together work book
