Helen DeWitt
Helen DeWitt is an acclaimed American author best known for her debut novel, "The Last Samurai," which showcases her inventive narrative style and intellectual depth. Born in Washington, D.C., she studied at Smith College and the University of Oxford. DeWitt's work often explores themes of knowledge, language, and human potential. Her writing is celebrated for its originality, wit, and the ability to challenge and engage readers.
Book summaries for books written by Helen DeWitt
Quotes
I think I must have thought that if I read enough I would no longer exist.
I think it's bad to talk too much about one's books. It spoils the mystery. It also seems to reduce the books to a level where the author becomes like a second parent or something.
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.
I think if you have to make a decision, you should make it without any information.
Reading is a way of listening. It is a way of listening to what has been said and could be said.
I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.
There are so many books. Always too many. Too many to read in one lifetime.
In the end I suppose these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?
Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done.
The world is full of people who want to be writers. The world is also full of people who want to be something else.
We read to know we're not alone.
Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled 'This could change your life'.