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If You're Going To Be A Myth Or Want To Be A Myth, You'd Better Die Young.

The Best Translators Slip Into The Glove Of A Text And Then Turn It Inside Out Into Another Language, And The Whole Thing Comes Out Looking Like A Brand-new Glove Again. I'm Completely In Awe Of This Skill, Since I Happen To Be Both Bilingual And A Writer, But Nevertheless A Lousy Translator.

I'm An Efficient, Good, Professional Reporter. But I Also Write. And So What I Try To Do Is Write About Places That I Know That I Care About Intensely And Write About Them In A Way That Conveys The Fact That I Care.

Well, One Of The Things I Discovered In The Course Of Looking Back And Writing About What I Saw In My Memory Is That I Was A Closely Observant Person Long Before I Became A Reporter.

So, You Know, I Always Say That I'm A Mexican, But If I Had To Be A Citizen Of Anywhere Else, I'd Be A Citizen Of Manhattan. I Feel Very Much A New Yorker.