Ursula K. le Guin

[beth_shulman]

What the book says, the book says best in its own words. For me to interpret it, translate it into generalities and abstractions, seems perverse and foolish. I am not a teacher, not a philosopher, not a scholar, I am a novelist. I think in story. I follow where the story takes me. I try to understand where I am going. I try to tell that. But what the story "means", in any language but its own, is for the reader to decide.

Comments

[katayla.livejournal.com]

Really special. The atmosphere was INCREDIBLE. (I'll expand on this later. :D At work now. Not sure if I'll do a post in my own LJ or not. I'm not sure if I'll be able to convey what I want to a largely sports-indifferent audience. But certainly I'll be happy to ramble on to you about it. :D)

[beth-shulman.livejournal.com]

You should! Then we can ramble in a locked post :D