Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

When I write in Italian - this is just the metaphor that came to me immediately, and I really think this is what it is - I feel like I'm writing with my left hand. Because of that weakness, there is this enormous freedom that comes with it.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 11, 1967

Topics

FreedomMeWritingThinkWeakness

Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans.

Jim Clyburn

EducationDirectionHigher Education

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

Joel Osteen

GoodAttitudeCharacterFaithHappy

Never raise your hand to your children - it leaves your midsection unprotected.

Robert Orben

ChildrenParentingHandNeverYour

Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd.

Max Brooks

HistoryI AmZombieNerdBeforeAm

For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

John Sayles

ChangeMyselfMeWritingFirstTwo

I have interacted with several top leaders. Modi is among the three smartest leaders I have met.

John T. Chambers

ThreeTopSmartestLeadersMet

I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.

Stephen Karam

GayDramaWayFitWhoQuite

I've heard, 'Temer is very fragile, poor little thing; he doesn't know how to govern.' Gibberish!

Michel Temer

KnowPoorLittleFragileGovernHe

My general advice for writers/comedians is, make stuff you like and are proud of. Put it in a place where people can see it, whether that's onstage or on the Internet or wherever. Just do the things that make you happy creatively, and then show them to people.

Josh Gondelman

HappyPeopleProudInternetAdvice

This is the marketplace of political ideas. This is how America operates. It's a free market. It's free-wheeling. From the outside, it looks unpredictable. There's a circus-like free market.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

IdeasFreePoliticalAmericaLooks

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

Johnny Depp

EarlyOutStartedGuitarist

Everyone calls me 'the male Jennifer Lawrence,' because I just say things because I'm random, and I do things and I don't care what people think. I think she's hilarious.

Colton Haynes

PeopleMeRandomThinkCareSay

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