Anita Desai Quotes

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.

Anita Desai

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 24, 1937

Topics

DisappointmentBookMotivationWrite

I have no interest in gender or race or anything like that. But everyone else is kind of, with their calculating - is this the exact right mix? I think that's - to me it's anti-comedy. It's more about PC-nonsense.

Jerry Seinfeld

MeThinkGenderKindRaceRight

I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.

Steve Earle

DemocracyThinkAlwaysSomething

If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires.

Amanda de Cadenet

TruthIdeasBlessedTruth IsPerson

I wish for a world where success is measured not by what we take nor by what we get. Just by what we give. And who we become.

Robin S. Sharma

SuccessWorldWishBecomeI Wish

I always think, 'What does this picture mean? What's the best place to put my camera? Do I have anything extra in the picture, things in the background that will distract? Am I in the basic position that will give the essential things for this picture but not too much?'

Mary Ellen Mark

BestThinkPictureCameraPlace

My advice to singers is always the same: 'Don't sing the song, sing the lyric.'

Mitch Leigh

SongAdviceSameAlwaysSingLyric

The aim of our studies is to prove that color is the most relative means of artistic expression, that we never really perceive what color is physically.

Josef Albers

ColorAimProveNeverExpression

I have to live, socially, in an almost unfinished society. Among the almost great, among the almost true, among the almost honest. That allows me to describe the anguish.

Derek Walcott

LiveGreatMeSocietyTrueHonest

In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure.

Douglas Fairbanks

FailureFearThoughtDramaForget

Golf seems to be an arduous way to go for a walk. I prefer to take the dog's out.

Princess Anne

DogWalkGolfGoWayOut

When 'Avatar' came out, we were out non-stop for a year and a half doing red carpet events. I had a stylist who helped me, but it was really hard, and we couldn't find many sustainable dresses.

Suzy Amis

RedMeDoingYearFindDresses

If you are on television, that one night that someone is able to see you, you're talking about millions of people in one day. That's pretty awesome because then it helps you to jumpstart your career, and if you're the one to go out there and perform, people are going to come see you because those millions saw you on the television.

Sheila E.

DayPeopleNightSomeoneTalkingGo

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