Vikram Seth Quotes
I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.
Quotes to Explore
-
Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
-
And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.
-
If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing.
-
I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
-
I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.
-
The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
-
The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
-
I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
-
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
-
When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.
-
I'm not a good guitar player.
-
I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
-
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
-
The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
-
I eat to live and not the other way around. As a vegetarian, I'm not at all fussy about food and can make do with anything.
-
Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
-
I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
-
Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
-
I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another person. The important thing is that you like the other person, respect the other person and want to raise children with the other person.
-
[After her election to the British Parliament and being welcomed to 'the most exclusive men's club in Europe':] It won't be exclusive long. When I came in, I left the door wide open!
-
Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
-
A gluten-free diet still allows you access to almost every fruit and vegetable, a variety of grains and legumes, your pick of dairy products, fresh meats and fish and a whole slew of special gluten-free delights to satisfy your pretzel-bagel-muffin-doughnut craving.
-
Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.
-
I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.
