Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

I think one of the things that attracted me about theater and the stage was the ability to escape reality. And that is what I do in my work as a writer, but in a different way. And the freedom to put your own existence on ice and become another person.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkFreedomMeThinkRealityIce

I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing.

Jim Carrey

MeColorsDoneTherapyEverything

I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

Joan Blades

StrongQuestionsFindWayReliable

I don't go to movies, I don't own a television, I don't buy magazines and I try not to receive mail, so I'm not really aware of popular culture.

Jesse Eisenberg

CultureTelevisionGoMoviesTry

Nothing we do is ever going unnoticed. It's on CCTV cameras, it's on iphones, it's everywhere.

Anastasia Griffith

NothingGoingUnnoticedEverywhere

My dad played fiddle as well.

Robert Plant

WellFiddlePlayedDad

The first time I went to Helene Hanff's apartment at 305 East 72nd Street, it was 1977, and I was a 16-year-old girl who wanted to be a writer.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

GirlTimeStreetFirst TimeFirst

Grades can matter, especially for those students and parents who live for the next round of applications to graduate or professional schools. But there's a problem with the grade emphasis. Math or science graduates earn more than students majoring in the humanities.

Amity Shlaes

LiveScienceParentsProblemGrades

There is something exciting about saving up for a special treat. Bring back the piggy bank!

Sophie Kinsella

TreatBackSpecialBankUpBring

I feel like there are things I can relate to in every character. But I feel like when you read a script, you don't get to see the definition behind someone, you just get to read what the person goes through and find a place to come from to make it real.

Martin Starr

CharacterFeelSomeoneYouFindSee

Before 'The Walking Dead,' a few of the jobs before that were just like, 'Ugh.' I try and make everything as creative as possible, even when I get the script and can't imagine what I'm going to do with it.

Michael Rooker

CreativeWalkingPossibleTryDead

Divorce was miserable, as it always is, and we divorce for the same reasons we marry.

Donald Hall

DivorceMiserableSameAlwaysMarry

In whatever I may be thought to have been unnatural, unwise and indelicate, it is now my most fervent desire it may have a suitable impression on you - and on me, a penitent for every wrong thought and step.

Deborah Sampson

StepMeThoughtYouWrongDesire

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