Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

I try to represent specific experiences of specific characters, and that's all I want to try to do. I don't ever try to think about representing a culture, because its impossible, and someone will fault you. And it just doesn't interest me.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CultureMeImpossibleThinkSomeone

I always wanted to be a painter. I loved painting. I went on three different art courses but had no talent whatsoever.

John Burnside

ArtTalentPaintingLovedThree

People who know me know that I'm not going to open my mouth and say something if I don't mean it. I'm very short and sweet. I'm old-school when it comes to it: I say what I mean and mean what I say, and then get off of it. It's simple as that.

Andre Ward

SimplePeopleMeSweetShortMouth

Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.

John Updike

AloneEarlyLateDareGoBloom

Rock helps me communicate directly with the people because rock doesn't lie, and people are fed up with lying politicians.

Amado Boudou

LiePeopleMeLyingRockUp

To me, score is really important. I would rather not have any score if it's something that's going to detract from the film. So often when I watch films, the score is what really bothers me.

Steve Buscemi

MeImportantWatchSomethingGoing

I see it like, I've been working really hard for a long time, and I've accomplished a lot of what I've wanted to professionally. I've been really blessed, and that's all I look at.

Stella Maxwell

TimeBlessedLongLookLong Time

Everybody in the entertainment industry is insecure.

Sia

EntertainmentIndustryEverybody

I've always wanted to release records in America. That's where I believe the music belongs, and the style and the eclectic musical mix that we put together kind of belongs here.

Lukas Forchhammer

MusicStyleTogetherBelieveAmerica

A tennis racket lurks in my earliest memories like a sick relative who had come to live with us. When I look at my baby pictures, there it is, resting in my crib in the place of a rattle or chew toy.

Douglas Brunt

LiveMemoriesBabySickLookPlace

My respect for politicians has increased. It's hard work - even hard physical work.

Chrystia Freeland

WorkHard WorkRespectHardEven

A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it.

Arthur Baer

GoodClimbFenceYouBackNeighbor

I'm interested in the things that might seem slight or amusing but which I feel have a kind of profundity.

Allison Pearson

FeelKindThingsSeemInterested

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