„For me, research is very important. But I do not begin with research. I begin with writing the story, which for me is the relationship between the characters. It is after I have written or pretty much have a sense of the story that I go and do research. I am conscious that I am writing about poor people for the most part. They don’t have much other than their space or dirt. I want to do my best to represent that well. I am also conscious that I am writing about other countries. I want to make sure I understand those cultures as best as possible and represent them well…“
On the secondary nature of historical research in his writing process in “UWEM AKPAN | INTERVIEW” https://granta.com/interview-uwem-akpan/ in Granta (2008 Nov 14)
Uwem Akpan4
Nigerian Jesuit priest and writer 1971Ähnliche Zitate
„This is where I begin to do the writing. I am now going to be the pen and not the paper.“
— Peter Greenaway British film director 1942
Nagiko
The Pillow Book
— Tayari Jones American writer 1970
Quelle: On how she chose the topic of mass incarceration for her novel An American Marriage in “If I Can’t Cry, Nobody Cries: An Interview with Tayari Jones” https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/08/cant-cry-nobody-cries-interview-tayari-jones/ in The Paris Review (2018 Feb 8)
— Fiona Oakes British marathon runner 1966
"Interview with Fiona Oakes: Vegan Marathon Runner", in Viva la Vegan! (31 May 2012) http://www.vivalavegan.net/list/3-articles/294-interview-with-fiona-oakes-vegan-marathon-runner.html.
— Alan Axelrod American historian 1952
Alan Axelrod in an interview with Frank R. Shaw, Aug 23, 2007 http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/frank/axelrod.htm.
On his research process in “"a cautionary tale" part II: Interview with Playwright Christopher Oscar Peña” http://www.theaterspeak.org/2013/07/part-ii-of-cautionary-tale-at-flea.html (Theaterspeak; 2013 Jul 15)
— Orhan Pamuk Turkish novelist, screenwriter, and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient 1952
" My Father's Suitcase", Nobel Prize for Literature lecture http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2006/pamuk-lecture_en.html (December 7, 2006).
— Octavio Paz Mexican writer laureated with the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature 1914 - 1998
"Brotherhood: Homage to Claudius Ptolemy"
— Jamaica Kincaid Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer 1949
On her obsession with writing in “Jamaica Kincaid: Does Truth Have a Tone?” https://www.guernicamag.com/does-truth-have-a-tone/ in Guernica (2013 Jun 17)
— Amulya Malladi Indian writer 1974
On formulating characters in “An Interview with Amulya Malladi” http://jaggerylit.com/an-interview-with-amulya-malladi/ in Jaggery
„When I write I am attempting to do justice to something I have glimpsed about the world.“
— Jan Zwicky Canadian philosopher 1955
Griffin Prize Questionnaire June 2012
Griffin Poetry Prize Questionnaire
„Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.“
— Wernher von Braun German, later an American, aerospace engineer and space architect 1912 - 1977
In an interview in the New York Times (16 December 1957), cited in a footnote on page 32 of "Work, Society, and Culture" by Yves Reni Marie Simon, and also in a footnote (in German) on page 360 of "Vita activa oder Vom taetigen Leben" by Hannah Arend (1981)
Variants:
Basic research is when I'm doing what I don't know I'm doing.
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
— Samuel Butler novelist 1835 - 1902
Inaccuracy
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XXII - Reconciliation
— Meena Kandasamy Indian poet 1984
On how she defines herself as a writer in “Meena Kandasamy: ‘If I was going to write my life story, I would condense that marriage to a footnote’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/25/meena-kandasamy-interview-exquisite-cadavers in The Guardian (2019 Nov 25)
— Carl Panzram American serial killer 1891 - 1930
sic
From a letter to Henry Lesser, Leavenworth, Kansas, June 20, 1930, Lustmord: The Writings and Artifacts of Murderers, pgs. 208-9, (1997), Brian King, ed. ISBN 096503240X
— Murray Walker Motorsport commentator and journalist 1923
Byron Young (November 9, 1997) "Schu dirty rats! - Motor racing", News of the World, Section: Sport, p. 63.
Interviews
— V. V. Giri Indian politician and 4th president of India 1894 - 1980
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