Janet Malcolm
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
When we talk with somebody, we are not aware of the language we are speaking. Our ear takes it in as English, and only if we see it transcribed verbatim do we realize that it is a kind of foreign tongue.
—Janet Malcolm, The Journalist and the Murderer
Posted on October 4, 2001 at 9:45 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.
—Janet Malcolm, The Journalist and the Murderer
Posted on October 8, 2001 at 9:40 AM
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