कभी-कभी कोई एलियन किसी मूस (बारहसिंगा) के साथ खड़ा दिखाई दे जाता है, ऐसा किसी एकजुटता की वजह से नहीं, बल्कि बस इत्तेफाक से हो जाता है।

Sometimes an alien would stand with a moose, not because of solidarity, but because of accidentally doing it.

Sometimes an alien would stand with a moose, not because of solidarity, but because of accidentally doing it.

ज़िंदगी कभी खत्म नहीं होती, मुझे लगता है कि लोग इस बात को नज़रअंदाज़ कर देते हैं।

Life has never died, which is something that I think people ignore.

Life has never died, which is something that I think people ignore.

ज़्यादातर लोग इस बात से सहमत होंगे कि वे चाहेंगे कि दूसरे लोग उनके साथ उनके कर्मों के आधार पर पेश आएं, न कि इस आधार पर कि दूसरों ने अपनी ज़िंदगी में क्या किया है। किसी एशियाई या किसी और पहचान से ऊपर उठकर बस एक इंसान होने पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने से एक ऐसी सोच को बढ़ावा मिलता है जो लोगों को इस बात के आधार पर एक-दूसरे से पेश आने के लिए प्रेरित करती है कि हर व्यक्ति ने अपने जीवन में क्या खास किया है। ऐसा लगता है कि इससे युद्ध, नस्लवाद, नाइंसाफ़ी और 'हेट क्राइम्स' जैसी चीज़ों को कम करने में मदद मिलेगी।

Most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done in their life, not what other people have done, with their lives. Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an anything seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes".

Most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done in their life, not what other people have done, with their lives. Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an anything seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes".

आप दुनिया में अकेले इंसान थे और आपका दिमाग एक खोपड़ी में बंद था। बाहर और भी लोग थे। जुड़ाव महसूस करने के लिए मेहनत करनी पड़ती है।

You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.

You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.

सच कहूँ तो, मेरे पास... कोई राय नहीं है। मैं किसी बात को छिपा नहीं रही हूँ। बस असल में समाज को लेकर मेरी कोई राय है ही नहीं। मैं यह तो समझ सकती हूँ कि कुछ चीज़ों का असर कुछ अन्य चीज़ों पर पड़ता है, लेकिन मैं उन प्रभावों को अच्छा या बुरा नहीं मानती।

I actually don't have...opinions. I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society. I can discern that certain things have an effect on certain other things but I don't view those effects as good or bad.

I actually don't have...opinions. I'm not being secretive about anything. I just actually don't have opinions about society. I can discern that certain things have an effect on certain other things but I don't view those effects as good or bad.

नशों के बारे में बात करें तो: बस नशों का वजूद ही मुझे परेशान करने वाला लगता है।

Regarding drugs: just the existence of drugs seems troubling to me.

Regarding drugs: just the existence of drugs seems troubling to me.

जब मेरी एक्स-गर्लफ्रेंड ने मुझे मैसेज करके बताया कि उसे मेरा दिया हुआ तोहफ़ा कितना पसंद आया, तो मेरी आँखों में आँसू आ गए।

I cried when my ex-girlfriend sent me a text message saying how much she liked my present to her.

I cried when my ex-girlfriend sent me a text message saying how much she liked my present to her.

मुझे समझ नहीं आता कि पछतावे को कैसे संभालूँ। पर मैं बस इतना कहूँगी, जैसे—"इस बात ने मुझे प्रभावित किया," "मैंने यह सीखा," "शायद अगली बार मैं इसे अलग तरीके से करूँगी।"

I don't know how to incorporate regret. But I'll say, like, "It affected me that way," "I learned this," "Next time maybe I'll do it differently".

I don't know how to incorporate regret. But I'll say, like, "It affected me that way," "I learned this," "Next time maybe I'll do it differently".

मुझे लगता है कि मैं खुद को एक लेखिका के तौर पर नहीं देखती। मैं खुद को एक इंसान मानती हूँ। मैं किसी भी चीज़ को इंसान होने का ही एक हिस्सा मानती हूँ, इसलिए मुझे अपनी चीज़ों की "मार्केटिंग" करने या ऐसी ही अन्य चीज़ों से कोई परहेज़ नहीं है।

I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as a person. I view anything as part of being a person, so I feel okay with "marketing" or other things like that.

I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as a person. I view anything as part of being a person, so I feel okay with "marketing" or other things like that.

मैं लोगों से उनके सेंस ऑफ़ ह्यूमर, उनकी जीवन-दृष्टि और अस्तित्व से जुड़े कुछ खास मुद्दों पर उनके विचारों और भावनाओं के कारण जुड़ाव महसूस करती हूँ (न कि इस बात से कि कोई घोड़े की सवारी करता है या कार चलाता है, या सिर्फ आमने-सामने बात करता है या टाइप करके, इन बातों से मेरे नज़रिया पर कोई असर नहीं पड़ता), न कि इस बात से कि वे कितने साल के हैं, वे अस्तित्व से जुड़े उन मुद्दों पर अपने विचार व्यक्त करने के लिए किस चीज़ का इस्तेमाल करते हैं, या क्या हमने एक ही टीवी शो देखे हैं या एक ही वेबसाइट्स पर गए हैं।

I feel connected with people because of their sense of humor, worldview, and what they think and feel about certain existential issues (things not affected, in my view, by if someone rides a horse or drives a car or talks only IRL or only by typing), not how old they are, what they use to convey what they think and feel about certain existential issues, or if we have both watched the same TV shows or looked at the same websites.

I feel connected with people because of their sense of humor, worldview, and what they think and feel about certain existential issues (things not affected, in my view, by if someone rides a horse or drives a car or talks only IRL or only by typing), not how old they are, what they use to convey what they think and feel about certain existential issues, or if we have both watched the same TV shows or looked at the same websites.

मुझे छोटे लोगों या जनरेशन एक्स, या किसी भी पीढ़ी के साथ कोई अपनापन महसूस नहीं होता। अगर मुझे अपनी उम्र के लोगों से जुड़ाव महसूस होता, तो मैं डिप्रेशन, अलगाव और अकेलेपन के बारे में छह किताबें नहीं लिखती। अगर ऐसा होता तो मेरे बहुत सारे दोस्त होते, मैं उनसे जुड़ाव महसूस करती और शायद एक खुशहाल इंसान होती जिसकी कोई ढंग की नौकरी होती।

I don't feel a connection with younger people or with Generation X, or any generation, I feel. If I felt a connection with people my age I wouldn't have written six books about feeling depressed, alienated, lonely. If I did I would have many friends and feel connected with them and probably be a happy person who has a real job.

I don't feel a connection with younger people or with Generation X, or any generation, I feel. If I felt a connection with people my age I wouldn't have written six books about feeling depressed, alienated, lonely. If I did I would have many friends and feel connected with them and probably be a happy person who has a real job.

क्या आप कभी कंप्यूटर से नज़रें हटाकर कमरे के चारों तरफ देखते हैं और जानते हैं कि आप अकेले हैं, मेरा मतलब है सचमुच यह बात महसूस करते हैं, और फिर डर जाते हैं?

Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then feel scared ?

Do you sometimes look up from the computer and look around the room and know you are alone, I mean really know it, then feel scared ?

मुझे लगता है कि हर कोई अलग-अलग हद तक "नस्लवादी" है, इस अर्थ में कि हर इंसान का दिमाग सामने मौजूद जानकारी के आधार पर किसी भी जानकारी को अपने आप दूसरी जानकारी से जोड़ लेता है। लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि नस्ल पर इस तरह से ध्यान देना जो तटस्थ या आत्म-जागरूक न हो, शायद नस्लवाद को और बढ़ावा ही देता है।

I think everyone is "racist," to differing degrees, in that everyone's brain will automatically associate information with other information, based on the information they are looking at, but I think focusing on race in any manner that isn't neutral or self-aware probably increases racism.

I think everyone is "racist," to differing degrees, in that everyone's brain will automatically associate information with other information, based on the information they are looking at, but I think focusing on race in any manner that isn't neutral or self-aware probably increases racism.

अगर कोई संदर्भ और लक्ष्य तय हो तो मैं बता सकती हूँ कि कोई चीज़ अच्छी है या बुरी। लेकिन कुल मिलाकर मैं चीज़ों को अच्छा या बुरा नहीं मानती। इस मायने में मैं किसी रोबोट या कंप्यूटर जैसी हूँ। शायद इसीलिए जब लोग मेरी लिखावट पढ़ते हैं, तो उन्हें लगता है कि वे मुझे जानते ही नहीं।

If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things as good or bad. So I'm like a robot or computer in that sense. So maybe that's why people don't think they know me when they read my writing.

If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things as good or bad. So I'm like a robot or computer in that sense. So maybe that's why people don't think they know me when they read my writing.

हालाँकि, मैं जानती हूँ कि ब्रेट ईस्टन एलिस ने कहा है कि उन्होंने जिस भी चरित्र के बारे में लिखा है, उसके प्रति उनके मन में थोड़ी बहुत सहानुभूति रही है, तो शायद इस मामले में मैं उनकी जैसी ही हूँ। मुझे पक्का नहीं पता कि वह असल में क्या सोचते हैं।

I know Bret Easton Ellis has said he has some amount of empathy for every character he has written about, though, so maybe I am similar to him in terms of that. I'm not sure what he thinks exactly.

I know Bret Easton Ellis has said he has some amount of empathy for every character he has written about, though, so maybe I am similar to him in terms of that. I'm not sure what he thinks exactly.

मैं महसूस कर सकती हूँ कि ब्रह्मांड फैल रहा है और चीज़ों को एक-दूसरे से दूर ले जा रहा है।

I can feel the universe expanding and making things be further apart.

I can feel the universe expanding and making things be further apart.

बचपन में, उसके दिमाग में हमेशा ऐसे विचार आते थे जिन्हें वह बेहद दिलचस्प मानती थी, पर उसने कभी किसी को बताए नहीं। एक बार, जब वह छोटी थी, तो रीसेस् (छुट्टी) के दौरान उसने सोचा कि अगर वह किसी खंभे की तरफ बहुत तेज़ी से दौड़े और फिर उसे पकड़कर तेज़ी से गोल घूम जाए, तो उसका आधा हिस्सा आगे बढ़ता जाएगा और वह दो लड़कियाँ बन जाएगी।

As a child, she’d always had what she imagined were fascinating thoughts, but didn’t ever say them. Once, as a little girl, at recess, she thought that if she ran very fast at a pole and then caught it and swung quickly around, part of her would keep going, and she would become two girls.

As a child, she’d always had what she imagined were fascinating thoughts, but didn’t ever say them. Once, as a little girl, at recess, she thought that if she ran very fast at a pole and then caught it and swung quickly around, part of her would keep going, and she would become two girls.

अस्वीकार किया जाना अच्छी बात है। खुद को पीछे रखकर दूसरों को आगे बढ़ाना, चीज़ें दान कर देना। सफलता, पैसा, ताकत, शोहरत, खुशी, दोस्त; किसी भी तरह की सुख-सुविधा—सब कुछ त्याग देना, ज़िंदगी के इस पिरामिड स्कीम में, इस भरोसे के साथ कि सब कुछ लौटकर वापस मिलेगा, और इसी बात से संतुष्ट रहना; चीज़ों के असल में वापस मिलने से नहीं, बल्कि चीज़ों के वापस मिलने के विचार मात्र से ही संतुष्टि पाना। मौत अपनी जगह है।

Rejection is good. Putting others ahead of self, giving things away. Success, money, power, fame, happiness, friends; any kind of pleasure - giving it all away, in the pyramid scheme of life, with the knowledge that everything will be returned, and being satisfied with that knowledge; not with the actual return of things, but the idea of the return of things. There is death.

Rejection is good. Putting others ahead of self, giving things away. Success, money, power, fame, happiness, friends; any kind of pleasure - giving it all away, in the pyramid scheme of life, with the knowledge that everything will be returned, and being satisfied with that knowledge; not with the actual return of things, but the idea of the return of things. There is death.

अगर मैं "[अमूर्तता] होने" के बारे में लिखती, तो मैं उन अस्तित्व संबंधी मुद्दों (जैसे मौत, सीमित समय, ब्रह्मांड का मनमाना स्वभाव, चेतना का रहस्य) को नज़रअंदाज़ कर रही होती जो मुझे लगता है कि मेरे जीवन को सबसे ज्यादा प्रभावित करते हैं और जिनके बारे में मैं ज्यादातर समय सोचती रहती हूँ। एक और वजह यह है कि "[अमूर्तता] होने" के बारे में लिखना मुझे न तो सटीक लगता है और न ही स्पष्ट। मुझे लगता है कि इसके कुछ और कारण भी हैं।

If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe, the mystery of consciousness) that I feel affect me most in my life and think about most of the time. Another reason is that it doesn't seem specific or accurate, to me, to write about "being [abstraction]." I think there are some other reasons.

If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe, the mystery of consciousness) that I feel affect me most in my life and think about most of the time. Another reason is that it doesn't seem specific or accurate, to me, to write about "being [abstraction]." I think there are some other reasons.

मुझे लगता है कि चीज़ों को व्यावसायिक बनाने (कमोडिफ़ाइंग) की प्रक्रिया ज्यादातर तब शुरू होती है जब मैं ऐसा कुछ कर लेती हूँ जिसका मेरे लिए कोई और मूल्य होता है।

I think mostly the commodifying comes after I've done something that has some other value to me.

I think mostly the commodifying comes after I've done something that has some other value to me.

अगर मैं खुद को दोहरा रही हूँ तो मुझे बिल्कुल अच्छा नहीं लगता।

I just don't feel good if I'm repeating myself.

I just don't feel good if I'm repeating myself.

मुझे ऐसी किताबें पढ़ना पसंद है जहाँ बहुत सारे पैसे वाले लोग अपनी मर्ज़ी से कुछ भी करते हैं। जैसे महंगे होटलों में रुकना, अपनी पसंद के नशीले पदार्थों का सेवन करना और जहाँ चाहें वहाँ उड़कर चले जाना।

I like reading books where people with a lot of money use it to do whatever they want. Like stay in expensive hotels and do whatever drugs they want and fly wherever they want.

I like reading books where people with a lot of money use it to do whatever they want. Like stay in expensive hotels and do whatever drugs they want and fly wherever they want.

बौद्ध धर्म के साथ समानता पर ध्यान दें, जिस बौद्ध ने निर्वाण प्राप्त कर लिया है वह मुख्य रूप से इसलिए दुखी नहीं होता क्योंकि वह दुख की अवधारणा को नहीं जानता [...]

note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept of sad [...]

note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept of sad [...]

जब आप आखिरकार किसी ऐसे काम को करने लगते हैं जिसे आपने काफी लंबे समय से टाल रखा हो, तो जो अजीब सा अविश्वास का भाव महसूस होता है।

The distracting feeling of disbelief when you're finally doing something you've procrastinated on for notable amounts of time.

The distracting feeling of disbelief when you're finally doing something you've procrastinated on for notable amounts of time.

उपन्यास—और आत्मकथाएँ—शायद सबसे व्यापक रिपोर्ट हैं जो इंसान अपने निजी अनुभवों के बारे में दूसरे इंसानों को दे सकते हैं। इस लिहाज से उपन्यास सिर्फ एक ही तरह का होता है: किसी इंसान द्वारा अपनी दुनिया के कुछ हिस्से या रूप को दूसरे की दुनिया में ट्रांसफर करने या पहुँचाने का मानवीय प्रयास।

Novels–and memoirs–are perhaps the most comprehensive reports humans can deliver, of their private experiences, to other humans. In these terms there is only one kind of novel: a human attempt to transfer or convey some part or version of their world of noumenon to another’s world of noumenon.

Novels–and memoirs–are perhaps the most comprehensive reports humans can deliver, of their private experiences, to other humans. In these terms there is only one kind of novel: a human attempt to transfer or convey some part or version of their world of noumenon to another’s world of noumenon.

ऐसा लगता है जैसे पिछले 10 सालों से, मैं सिर्फ भविष्य में ही निवेश करती आ रही हूँ।

It seems like for the last 10 years, I've just been investing in the future.

It seems like for the last 10 years, I've just been investing in the future.

किसी एशियाई या किसी और पहचान से ऊपर उठकर बस एक इंसान होने पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने से एक ऐसी सोच को बढ़ावा मिलता है जो लोगों को इस बात के आधार पर एक-दूसरे से पेश आने के लिए प्रेरित करती है कि हर व्यक्ति ने अपने जीवन में क्या खास किया है, जिससे ऐसा लगता है कि युद्ध, नस्लवाद, नाइंसाफ़ी, "हेट क्राइम्स" जैसी चीज़ों को कम किया जा सकता है।

Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes," [other things most people feel aversion toward].

Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes," [other things most people feel aversion toward].

मैं बस भविष्य में निवेश करती जा रही हूँ, और अभी तक ऐसा दौर नहीं आया है जब मैं यह सब न कर रही हूँ।

I just keep investing in the future, and I haven't reached the point where I'm not doing that.

I just keep investing in the future, and I haven't reached the point where I'm not doing that.

मैं समझता हूँ,' एरिन ने कहा और बताया कि हाल ही में उसे एक अजीब और डरावने तरीके से अवसाद महसूस हुआ था, जो पॉल को भी हाल ही में महसूस हुआ था और जिसे उसने एक ऐसे डर के रूप में वर्णित किया जो उदासी पर आधारित था, जिस पर किसी अंदाज़ या अर्थ का कोई असर नहीं होता, मानो वह इंसानों के लिए बना ही न हो - उदासी से कहीं ज़्यादा अंदरूनी, लेकिन डर से अलग क्योंकि इससे दिल की धड़कन धीमी हो जाती है और इंद्रियां सुस्त पड़ जाती हैं, जिससे हर चीज़ 'अंधेरी' सी लगने लगती है।

I know,' said Erin, and described how she'd lately felt depressed in a new and scary way, which Paul also had felt lately and described as a sadness-based fear, immune to tone and interpretation, as if not meant for humans - more visceral than sadness, but unlike fear because it decreased heart rate and impaired the senses, causing everything to seem 'darker.

I know,' said Erin, and described how she'd lately felt depressed in a new and scary way, which Paul also had felt lately and described as a sadness-based fear, immune to tone and interpretation, as if not meant for humans - more visceral than sadness, but unlike fear because it decreased heart rate and impaired the senses, causing everything to seem 'darker.

मैं डोमिनोज़ में पिज़्ज़ा डिलीवर करता था। तब शायद मैं 17 साल का था। मुझे यह बहुत पसंद था। बस सुहावने मौसम में गाड़ी चलाना और गाने सुनना।

I was delivering pizzas at Domino's. I was 17 maybe. I liked it a lot. Just driving in the nice weather and listening to music.

I was delivering pizzas at Domino's. I was 17 maybe. I liked it a lot. Just driving in the nice weather and listening to music.

एशियाई लोगों के बारे में मैं क्या कहूँ, मुझे समझ नहीं आता। मुझे लगता है कि हर कोई अलग-अलग हद तक "नस्लवादी" है, इस अर्थ में कि हर किसी का दिमाग सामने मौजूद जानकारी (मिसाल के तौर पर त्वचा का रंग, चेहरे की बनावट) के आधार पर अपने आप किसी जानकारी को दूसरी जानकारी से जोड़ लेता है, लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि नस्ल पर किसी भी ऐसे तरीके से ध्यान केंद्रित करना जो तटस्थ या आत्म-जागरूक न हो, शायद नस्लवाद को और बढ़ावा देता है।

I don't know what to say about Asians. I think everyone is "racist," to differing degrees, in that everyone's brain will automatically associate information with other information, based on the information they are looking at (for example skin color, bone structure), but I think focusing on race in any manner that isn't neutral or self-aware probably increases racism.

I don't know what to say about Asians. I think everyone is "racist," to differing degrees, in that everyone's brain will automatically associate information with other information, based on the information they are looking at (for example skin color, bone structure), but I think focusing on race in any manner that isn't neutral or self-aware probably increases racism.

ऐसा लगता है कि मैं [खुश] नहीं हूँ। क्योंकि अगर आप मेरे ट्वीट्स को देखें और यह देखें कि मैं क्या सोचता और कहता हूँ, तो ऐसा लगता है कि मैं इसी बात से परेशान हूँ कि आगे क्या होने वाला है।

It seems like I'm not [happy]. Because if you look at my tweets and what I think and say, it seems like I'm worried about what's going to happen.

It seems like I'm not [happy]. Because if you look at my tweets and what I think and say, it seems like I'm worried about what's going to happen.

मुझे लगता है कि जीमेल की चैट असल ज़िंदगी की बातचीत से अलग होती हैं क्योंकि जीमेल चैट ठीक वैसे ही सेव रहती हैं जैसे वे हुई थीं। मुझे टेक्स्ट और ईमेल पसंद हैं। ऐसा लगता है कि टेक्स्ट, ईमेल और जीमेल चैट के बारे में कहने के लिए मेरे पास कुछ भी ऐसा नहीं है जो पहले से स्पष्ट न हो।

I think Gmail chats are different than IRL conversations because Gmail chats are saved by Gmail exactly as they occurred. I like texts and emails. Seems like I don't have anything to say that isn't obvious about texts, emails, and Gmail chats.

I think Gmail chats are different than IRL conversations because Gmail chats are saved by Gmail exactly as they occurred. I like texts and emails. Seems like I don't have anything to say that isn't obvious about texts, emails, and Gmail chats.

ऐसा लगता है कि ज़्यादातर लोग इस बात से सहमत होंगे कि वे चाहेंगे कि दूसरे लोग उनके साथ उनके जीवन के ठोस कामों के आधार पर पेश आएं, न कि इस आधार पर कि दूसरे लोगों ने अपने जीवन में क्या किया है।

It seems like most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done in their life, not what other people have done, with their lives.

It seems like most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done in their life, not what other people have done, with their lives.

मैं एक शर्मीला और घबराया हुआ इंसान हूँ, और मुझे किताबी "शब्दों या परिभाषाओं" के साथ पढ़ाना पसंद नहीं है। मैंने उन्हें कभी ऐसे नहीं पढ़ाया, जैसे—"यह उत्तम पुरुष है, यह मध्यम पुरुष है, यह पूर्वाभास है," या जो भी हो, इसलिए शायद किसी को भी यह महसूस नहीं हुआ होगा कि वे कुछ सीख रहे हैं। लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि उस तरह से पढ़ाने से पूरी अवधारणा सिमट कर बस एक तकनीकी शब्द बनकर रह जाती है।

I'm a shy, nervous person, and I don't like teaching with "terms." I didn't teach them, like, "This is first person, this is second person, this is foreshadowing," or whatever, so no one probably felt like they were learning anything. But I feel like teaching in that way reduces the concept to a term.

I'm a shy, nervous person, and I don't like teaching with "terms." I didn't teach them, like, "This is first person, this is second person, this is foreshadowing," or whatever, so no one probably felt like they were learning anything. But I feel like teaching in that way reduces the concept to a term.

यदि आप अंग्रेजी साहित्य के पीएचडी छात्र हैं, और आप किताब में रिचर्ड येट्स के जिक्र के हर एक हिस्से को देखें... तो उसकी अपनी एक कहानी है जिसका कोई विश्लेषण कर सकता है और उस पर साहित्यिक आलोचना लिख सकता है।

If you're, like, a PhD student in English, and you look at each instance that Richard Yates is mentioned in the book...it has sort of it's own narrative that one could analyze and write literary criticism about.

If you're, like, a PhD student in English, and you look at each instance that Richard Yates is mentioned in the book...it has sort of it's own narrative that one could analyze and write literary criticism about.

गैरेट जानता था कि अगर प्यार कोई जानवर होता, तो शायद वह लॉक नेस मॉन्स्टर होता। अगर वह वजूद में नहीं था, तो भी इससे कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता था। लोगों ने उसके मॉडल बनाए, उन्हें पानी में उतारा और तस्वीरें खींचे। उसका छलावा ही काफ़ी था। उसका ख़्याल ही काफ़ी था। हालाँकि कुछ लोग उससे डरते थे, चाहते थे कि वह बस गायब हो जाए, और उन्होंने ज़िंदा खाए जाने के डर से अपने जीवन का बीमा करवा रखा था।

Though if love was an animal, Garret knew, it would probably be the Loch Ness Monster. If it didn’t exist, that didn’t matter. People made models of it, put it in the water, and took photos. The hoax of it was good enough. The idea of it. Though some people feared it, wished it would just go away, had their lives insured against being eaten alive by it.

Though if love was an animal, Garret knew, it would probably be the Loch Ness Monster. If it didn’t exist, that didn’t matter. People made models of it, put it in the water, and took photos. The hoax of it was good enough. The idea of it. Though some people feared it, wished it would just go away, had their lives insured against being eaten alive by it.

हाल ही में, वे हमेशा एक-दूसरे को यह दिलासा देते रहते थे कि सब कुछ ठीक है; और शायद यह सच भी था—आखिरकार, ज़िंदगी कोई बहुत असाधारण चीज़ थोड़ी न थी। ज़िंदगी कोई बेहतरीन फ़िल्म नहीं थी। ज़िंदगी तो आज तक बनी तमाम फ़िल्में थीं, जो एक साथ चल रही थीं। कुछ अच्छी थीं, कुछ बुरी थीं, और कुछ सीधे वीडियो पर रिलीज़ होने वाली थीं।

Lately, they were always reassuring each other that nothing was wrong; and probably it was true—life wasn’t supposed to be incredible, after all. Life wasn’t some incredible movie. Life was all the movies, ever, happening at once. There were good ones, bad ones, some went straight to video.

Lately, they were always reassuring each other that nothing was wrong; and probably it was true—life wasn’t supposed to be incredible, after all. Life wasn’t some incredible movie. Life was all the movies, ever, happening at once. There were good ones, bad ones, some went straight to video.

मेरे बाथरूम में आमतौर पर काफ्का की जीवनी रखी रहती है। यह एक ऐसी किताब है जिसे मैं कहीं से भी खोलूँ और तुरंत उसमें दिलचस्पी जग जाती है। यह वाकई बहुत मज़ेदार है। इस किताब के साथ, चूंकि मैं इसे बिना किसी क्रम के खोलता हूँ और तुरंत रम जाता हूँ, इसलिए मुझे अपनी ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा पढ़ने की कोई ज़रूरत महसूस नहीं होती, क्योंकि इसमें कोई ऐसा कथानक नहीं है जो मुझे आगे खींचता जाए। इसलिए मैं जब चाहूँ रुक सकता हूँ।

I usually have Kafka biography in my bathroom. It's a book I can open at random and feel interested in immediately. It's really funny. With this book, since I'm opening it at random and immediately interested, I don't feel the need to read more than I want to read, in that there's not, like, a plot that leads me along. So I can stop whenever.

I usually have Kafka biography in my bathroom. It's a book I can open at random and feel interested in immediately. It's really funny. With this book, since I'm opening it at random and immediately interested, I don't feel the need to read more than I want to read, in that there's not, like, a plot that leads me along. So I can stop whenever.

लोगों ने सीख लिया था कि ज़िंदगी आसान नहीं है। ज़िंदगी कोई केक नहीं है। ज़िंदगी गाजर का केक भी नहीं है।

Life, people learned, was not easy. Life was not cake. Life was not a carrot cake.

Life, people learned, was not easy. Life was not cake. Life was not a carrot cake.

मौत, मौत के डर का अंत है। [...] इससे बचने के लिए हमें मौत से डरना बंद नहीं करना चाहिए और इसलिए जीवन ही डर है। मौत समय है क्योंकि समय हमें मौत की ओर बढ़ने की अनुमति देता है जिससे हम जीवित रहने पर हर समय डरते हैं। हम इधर-उधर घूमते हैं और वही डर है। अंतरिक्ष में गति के लिए समय की आवश्यकता होती है। मौत के बिना अंतरिक्ष में कोई गति नहीं है और कोई जीवन नहीं है और कोई डर नहीं है। मौत के प्रति जागरूक होना ही जीवित रहना है, डरना है और अंतरिक्ष और समय में मौत की ओर आगे बढ़ना है।

Death is the end of the fear of death. [...] To avoid it we must not stop fearing it and so life is fear. Death is time because time allows us to move toward death which we fear at all times when alive. We move around and that is fear. Movement through space requires time. Without death there is no movement through space and no life and no fear. To be aware of death is to be alive is to fear is to move around in space and time toward death.

Death is the end of the fear of death. [...] To avoid it we must not stop fearing it and so life is fear. Death is time because time allows us to move toward death which we fear at all times when alive. We move around and that is fear. Movement through space requires time. Without death there is no movement through space and no life and no fear. To be aware of death is to be alive is to fear is to move around in space and time toward death.

उदास चीज़ें केवल दूर से ही सुंदर लगती हैं इसलिए आप बस एक सौ तीस साल की दूरी से उनसे दूर जाना चाहते हैं ....मैं खुद को तब तक दूर ले जाने वाला हूँ जब तक कि दुनिया सुंदर न हो जाए

sad things are beautiful only from a distance therefore you just want to get away from them from a distance of one hundred and thirty years ....i'm going to distance myself until the world is beautiful

sad things are beautiful only from a distance therefore you just want to get away from them from a distance of one hundred and thirty years ....i'm going to distance myself until the world is beautiful

मुझे ब्रेट ईस्टन एलिस का सेंस ऑफ़ ह्यूमर पसंद है। मुझे लगता है कि मेरा अंदाज़ कभी-कभी उनके जैसा ही है। और यह कि कैसे उनके पात्र कभी-कभी बड़े हास्यास्पद तरीके से उलझन में पड़े नज़र आते हैं। मुझे यह अच्छा लगता है। और मेरे पात्रों में भी कभी-कभी यह बात देखने को मिलती है।

I like Bret Easton Ellis' sense of humor. I feel like mine is sometimes similar to his. And how his characters sometimes seem really confused in a humorous manner. I like that. And I have that sometimes in my characters.

I like Bret Easton Ellis' sense of humor. I feel like mine is sometimes similar to his. And how his characters sometimes seem really confused in a humorous manner. I like that. And I have that sometimes in my characters.

हम पूरी रात यहाँ बैठकर बकवास करते रहे हैं और अभी तक हमें यह नहीं पता कि क्या करना है।

We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don’t know what to do.

We have been sitting here all night bullshitting and we still don’t know what to do.

औसतन, चूंकि खुद को मारने की मेरी इच्छा इतनी प्रबल नहीं है कि मैं वास्तव में खुद को मार डालूँ, इसलिए यह दुनिया जीने लायक है।

On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in.

On average, since the urge to kill myself isn't so strong that I actually kill myself, the world is worth living in.

उन्हें महसूस हुआ कि जीने का एक अपना ही आनंद था, जिसे वह अब महसूस नहीं कर पा रहे थे, जिसकी वजह थी जीवन का बुनियादी अर्थहीनता से भरा होना—जैसे कोई इंसान जो बहुत लंबे समय तक अकेला रहा हो, दूसरों के बीच सहज महसूस नहीं कर सकता; यह भुला नहीं सकता कि अपनेपन के अहसास की तह में अकेलेपन और शून्यता की पक्की सच्चाई छिपी होती है, और इसलिए वह जीवन को उसी हड़बड़ी वाले, बेकार तरीके से जीता है जैसे कोई गलती हो गई हो।

There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness–like how a person alone for too long cannot feel comfortable when with others; cannot neglect that underlying the feeling of belongingness is the certainty, really, of loneliness, and nothingness, and so experiences life in that hurried, worthless way one experiences a mistake–he could no longer get at.

There was an enjoyment to being alive, he felt, that because of an underlying meaninglessness–like how a person alone for too long cannot feel comfortable when with others; cannot neglect that underlying the feeling of belongingness is the certainty, really, of loneliness, and nothingness, and so experiences life in that hurried, worthless way one experiences a mistake–he could no longer get at.

शब्दों का सही मेल आज रात इन बुरी भावनाओं को दूर भगा देगा।

The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.

The correct arrangement of words will make these bad feelings go away tonight.

लुई ने कहा, "जब मैं किसी से बात कर रहा होता हूँ तो मैं सोचता हूँ 'क्या मैं इस संवाद को किसी किताब में इस्तेमाल कर सकता हूँ'," "अगर जवाब ना होता है तो मैं किसी और से बात करने की कोशिश करता हूँ।"

When I'm talking to someone I think 'can I use this dialogue in a book,'" said Luis. "If the answer is no I try talking to someone else.

When I'm talking to someone I think 'can I use this dialogue in a book,'" said Luis. "If the answer is no I try talking to someone else.

उस साल मूस का कोई दोस्त नहीं था। ज़्यादातर समय एक मूस को थकान महसूस होती और वह दूसरे मूस के सहारे झुक जाता। बस वहाँ कोई मूस होता नहीं था और मूस गिर जाता था।

Moose had no friends that year. A lot of the time a moose would feel tired and lean against other moose. Only there wouldn't be moose there and the moose would fall.

Moose had no friends that year. A lot of the time a moose would feel tired and lean against other moose. Only there wouldn't be moose there and the moose would fall.

लेकिन उस भावना के साथ मैं सचमुच कुछ नहीं कर सकता था। वह कुछ देर बाद बस अपने आप गायब हो गई।

But there was nothing I could do with the emotion really. It just went away after a while.

But there was nothing I could do with the emotion really. It just went away after a while.

मैं नहीं जानता डगलस कूपलैंड अपनी लिखावट के बारे में क्या सोचते हैं। मैंने उनकी किसी किताब का शायद एक पन्ना पढ़ा है और मुझे नहीं लगा कि मैं उनके जैसा हूँ। लेकिन ऐसा लगता है कि लोग बिना सोचे-समझे आपकी तुलना किसी से भी कर देते हैं।

I don't know what Douglas Coupland thinks about his writing. I've read maybe one page of one of his books and didn't think I was similar to him. But it seems like people just compare you to anyone, pretty much.

I don't know what Douglas Coupland thinks about his writing. I've read maybe one page of one of his books and didn't think I was similar to him. But it seems like people just compare you to anyone, pretty much.

सही और गलत से रहित दुनिया एक ऐसी दुनिया थी जो खुद को नहीं चाहती थी, खुद के अलावा किसी और चीज़ को नहीं चाहती थी, या उन दोनों के अलावा किसी चीज़ को नहीं चाहती थी, लेकिन फिर भी कुछ तो चाहती थी। सही और गलत के बिना यह दुनिया आपको दावत पर बुलाती, आपकी शिकायत करती और आपको कुकीज़ खिलाती। मत जाओ, यह कहती, और आपको एक वीगन कुकी पकड़ा देती। यह नज़रों से नज़रें मिलाने से बचती, लेकिन कभी-कभी आपके घुटने को छू देती। यह सही और गलत से परे दुनिया थी। इसका कोई मतलब नहीं था। यह तो बस थोड़ा सा मतलब चाहती थी।

A world without right or wrong was a world that did not want itself, anything other than itself, or anything not those two things, but that still wanted something. A world without right or wrong invited you over, complained about you, and gave you cookies. Don't leave, it said, and gave you a vegan cookie. It avoided eye contact, but touched your knee sometimes. It was the world without right or wrong. It didn't have any meaning. It just wanted a little meaning.

A world without right or wrong was a world that did not want itself, anything other than itself, or anything not those two things, but that still wanted something. A world without right or wrong invited you over, complained about you, and gave you cookies. Don't leave, it said, and gave you a vegan cookie. It avoided eye contact, but touched your knee sometimes. It was the world without right or wrong. It didn't have any meaning. It just wanted a little meaning.

ऐसा लगता था कि कोई यहाँ बस मौजूद है, पलों के किसी जमावड़े की तरह नहीं बल्कि किसी दुर्गम भविष्य से लगातार मिल रहे किसी एकल तोहफे की तरह।

One seemed simply to be here, less an accumulation of moments than a single arrangement continuously gifted from some inaccessible future.

One seemed simply to be here, less an accumulation of moments than a single arrangement continuously gifted from some inaccessible future.

अगर मुझे कोई पसंद नहीं है और मैं उसकी लिखी चीज़ें पढ़ने लगूँ, तो ऐसा लगता है कि मेरा दिमाग अपने आप वहाँ मौजूद हर चीज़ की आलोचना करने लग जाएगा। बिना इस बाहरी जानकारी के कोई किताब पढ़ना वाकई बहुत मुश्किल है जो आपको यह बताए कि उसके बारे में क्या सोचना है।

If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.

If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.

मैं अपने पात्रों की नैतिकता के बारे में बिल्कुल नहीं सोचता। और मुझे लगता है कि मैं अपने द्वारा लिखे गए हर मुख्य पात्र के साथ पूरी तरह जुड़ा हुआ महसूस करता हूँ और कहूँगा कि मैं लगभग वही हूँ। तो उस लिहाज से मुझे नहीं लगता कि मैं ब्रेट ईस्टन एलिस जैसा हूँ।

I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about and would say that I am them pretty much. So in terms of that I don't think I'm similar to Bret Easton Ellis .

I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about and would say that I am them pretty much. So in terms of that I don't think I'm similar to Bret Easton Ellis .

उन्हें कभी-कभी ऐसा महसूस होता था कि जीवन कोई ऐसी चीज़ है जो पहले ही ऊपर उठ चुकी है, और यह सब—वसंत, ग्रीष्म और शरद ऋतु का जैक्सन पोलक, सर्दियों का वह धुंधला सा रेफ्रिजरेशन और पन्नी जैसा आसमान—वास्तव में मूल स्रोत की ओर महज़ एक गिरावट थी, आध्यात्मिक गुरुत्वाकर्षण की तरह किसी सुधार में, मौत की ज़्यादा समझदार चेतना—या शायद चेतनाहीनता की ओर; क्या गुरुत्वाकर्षण खुद को इस तरह धोखा दे सकता है? यह एक ऐसी गति थी जो बहुत धीमी और बहुत तेज़ दोनों थी; सोचने के लिए समय बहुत ज़्यादा भी था और कम भी।

He sometimes felt that life was something that had already risen, and all of this, the Jackson Pollack of spring, summer, and fall, the vague refrigeration and tinfoiled sky of wintertime, was just a falling, really, originward, in a kind of correction, as if by spritual gravity, towards the wiser consciousness--or consciousnessless, maybe; could gravity trick itself like that?--of death. It was a kind of movement both very slow and very fast; there was both too much and not enough time to think.

He sometimes felt that life was something that had already risen, and all of this, the Jackson Pollack of spring, summer, and fall, the vague refrigeration and tinfoiled sky of wintertime, was just a falling, really, originward, in a kind of correction, as if by spritual gravity, towards the wiser consciousness--or consciousnessless, maybe; could gravity trick itself like that?--of death. It was a kind of movement both very slow and very fast; there was both too much and not enough time to think.

उन्हें कभी-कभी ऐसा लगता था कि प्यार को कामयाब बनाने के लिए, उसे निष्पक्ष होना चाहिए, कि आधा मज़ाक उसे बताना चाहिए, और आधा मज़ाक उसे। वरना, वह प्यार नहीं, बल्कि कुछ और ही बन जाएगा—दया, या मनोरंजन, या स्टैंड-अप कॉमेडी।

It sometimes seemed to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the joke, and she the other half. Otherwise, it would not be love, but something completely else–pity or entertainment, or stand-up comedy.

It sometimes seemed to him that for love to work, it had to be fair, that he should tell only half the joke, and she the other half. Otherwise, it would not be love, but something completely else–pity or entertainment, or stand-up comedy.

अकेलापन हेलीकॉप्टर के आकार के कटे हुए टुकड़े के आर-पार हेलीकॉप्टर उड़ा सकता है और बस यही उसका एकमात्र हुनर है और यह काफी नहीं है लेकिन फिर भी यह अद्भुत है।

loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and it isn't good enough but it's still amazing.

loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and it isn't good enough but it's still amazing.

मेरे पब्लिशर ने [ब्रेट ईस्टन एलिस] रिचर्ड येट्स को मेल किया था। और जब मैंने उनसे बात की, तो उन्होंने कहा कि उन्होंने मेरी गद्य की सभी किताबें पढ़ी हैं। और उन्होंने कुछ ऐसा कहा, "डकोटा फैनिंग से तुमने बहुत काम निकलवाया है।"

My publisher had mailed [Bret Easton Ellis] Richard Yates. And when I talked to him he said he had read all my prose books. And he said something like, "You got a lot of mileage out of Dakota Fanning."

My publisher had mailed [Bret Easton Ellis] Richard Yates. And when I talked to him he said he had read all my prose books. And he said something like, "You got a lot of mileage out of Dakota Fanning."

मुझे नहीं लगता कि ट्विटर अकाउंट, टंबलर और ब्लॉग होना ज़्यादा बेहतर बात है। जिसके पास ये सब नहीं होगा, वह अपना वक़्त किसी और काम में लगाएगा, जैसे किताबें पढ़ना, तैरना, अपने बच्चों से बात करना, वेबसाइट्स देखना, संगीत सुनना, किताबें लिखना, बिस्तर पर लेटे रहना या किसी कुर्सी पर बैठना। मुझे नहीं लगता कि इनमें से कोई भी चीज़ किसी दूसरी चीज़ से ज़्यादा बेहतर है। मुझे यह भी नहीं लगता कि इंटरनेट पर मौजूदगी होने से आर्थिक रूप से कोई मदद मिलती है।

I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use their time to do other things, like read books or swim or talk to their children or read websites or listen to music or write books or lie in bed or sit in a chair. I don't think any of these things are more positive than any other things. I don't think having an internet presence helps financially.

I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use their time to do other things, like read books or swim or talk to their children or read websites or listen to music or write books or lie in bed or sit in a chair. I don't think any of these things are more positive than any other things. I don't think having an internet presence helps financially.

अपने ब्लॉग के हेडर को डिज़ाइन करने के बजाय, अगर मैंने कोई साहित्यिक एजेंट ढूंढने और ऐसे ही दूसरे कामों पर पूरा ध्यान दिया होता, तो शायद आज मेरे पास ज़्यादा पैसे होते। मुझे लगता है कि मैं खुद को एक लेखिका के रूप में नहीं देखती। मैं खुद को एक इंसान के रूप में देखती हूँ। इंसान होने के नाते मैं हर चीज़ को उसी का हिस्सा मानती हूँ, इसलिए मुझे "मार्केटिंग" या इस तरह की दूसरी चीज़ों से कोई परहेज़ नहीं है।

If I focused hard on getting a literary agent, and doing things like that, instead of designing my blog's header, I would have more money, I think. I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as a person. I view [anything] as part of being a person, so I feel okay with "marketing" or other things like that.

If I focused hard on getting a literary agent, and doing things like that, instead of designing my blog's header, I would have more money, I think. I think I don't view myself as an author. I view myself as a person. I view [anything] as part of being a person, so I feel okay with "marketing" or other things like that.

दूसरे अमीर लोग शायद यह सोचते हों कि, "एक बार अमीर बन जाऊँगा तो फलां जगह छुट्टी मनाने जाऊँगा," पर इसके उलट वे बस और ज़्यादा अमीर बनते जाना चाहते हैं। ऐसा लगता है कि अपनी मर्ज़ी का कुछ भी कर पाना कितना मज़ेदार होगा। अगर मैं सचमुच अमीर होती, तो शायद उड़-उड़ कर अलग-अलग जगहों पर जाती।

While other rich people might be like, "Once I'm rich I'm going to go on a vacation to wherever," but instead they just keep wanting to be more rich. It just seems like it would be fun to do whatever you wanted. If I were really rich I would be flying places, I think.

While other rich people might be like, "Once I'm rich I'm going to go on a vacation to wherever," but instead they just keep wanting to be more rich. It just seems like it would be fun to do whatever you wanted. If I were really rich I would be flying places, I think.

मुझे लगता है कि ब्रेट ईस्टन एलिस ने यह कहा है कि वह खुद को पूरी तरह से अपने किरदारों से जुड़ा हुआ महसूस नहीं करते। और मुझे लगता है कि उन्होंने पहले उन्हें अनैतिक भी कहा है।

I think Bret Easton Ellis has said that he doesn't completely identify with his characters. And I think he has referred to them as immoral before.

I think Bret Easton Ellis has said that he doesn't completely identify with his characters. And I think he has referred to them as immoral before.

मुझे नहीं लगता कि किसी भी चीज़ का होना कभी "ज़रूरी" होता है। मुझे नहीं लगता कि ट्विटर अकाउंट, टंबलर और ब्लॉग होना ज़्यादा बेहतर बात है। जिसके पास ये सब नहीं होगा, वह अपना वक़्त किसी और काम में लगाएगा, जैसे किताबें पढ़ना, तैरना, अपने बच्चों से बात करना, वेबसाइट्स देखना, संगीत सुनना, किताबें लिखना, बिस्तर पर लेटे रहना या किसी कुर्सी पर बैठना। मुझे नहीं लगता कि इनमें से कोई भी चीज़ किसी दूसरी चीज़ से ज़्यादा बेहतर है।

I don't think anything ever "needs" to happen. I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use their time to do other things, like read books or swim or talk to their children or read websites or listen to music or write books or lie in bed or sit in a chair. I don't think any of these things are more positive than any other things.

I don't think anything ever "needs" to happen. I don't think it's more positive to have a Twitter account, a Tumblr, and a blog. Someone without those things will use their time to do other things, like read books or swim or talk to their children or read websites or listen to music or write books or lie in bed or sit in a chair. I don't think any of these things are more positive than any other things.