Vikram Seth Quotes
The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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From a spectator point of view, Test cricket is not important; people hardly watch Test cricket. But as a player, Tests are the real thing. You have to concentrate for five days. It's a lot of time, and not easy to do it day in and day out. If people have played 70-100 Tests, it's a lot of cricket, a lot of concentration and dedication.
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I have always been small, so defenders have always been taller and tougher than me. So that's difficult for me; they foul me sometimes, but there you are - that's what the rules of the game are for.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I knew that I wanted to write about a very young woman because I wanted to see the eyes of the art world in a fresh or even slightly naive way. Because there's something very honest about entering a room and not having a read on everyone there.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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My first inspiration for acting came from the first episode of 'Hannah Montana.' That's when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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Typical news accounts and commentaries about school shootings and rampage killings rarely mention gender.
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I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office.
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Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.
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I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley.
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I check Style.com to look at the collections and love to poke around some of the other fashion blogs to see what's going on.
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I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.
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Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
