Nicole Krauss

"If I had a camera,' I said, 'I'd take a picture of you every day. That way I'd remember how you looked every single day of your life."

"If I had a camera,' I said, 'I'd take a picture of you every day. That way I'd remember how you looked every single day of your life."

"Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Because it's something to do to pass the time until she is old enough to experience the things she writes about."

"Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because it never comes out clearly enough when she tries to speak. Because she wants to rephrase the world, to take it in and give it back again differently, so that everything is used and nothing is lost. Because it's something to do to pass the time until she is old enough to experience the things she writes about."