Anita Desai Quotes

The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.

Anita Desai

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyHistoryPastBookBelieve

Our best hits are real-estate stories, going back to our first, JoJo in 1991.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

BestBackFirstGoingStoriesOur

Finally, after a lot of searching and digging, it was simply the love of family that gave me a road into the character. Once I got into that, and we delved into what it would be like to survive cancer and the ability to see how precious life is, it became easier to play her.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

LifeFamilyLoveCharacterMeRoad

When a story is told really well and is real, even if it's not about their own lives, people can apply it to themselves.

Jeff Bridges

PeopleStoryRealOwnWellApply

When you think mid-seventies, you think of Studio 54, but there was a whole other thing going on. Where I was, it was more deep-woods preppy. Real-guy preppy.

Michael Bastian

ThinkYouMoreWhereGoingWhole

My parents were overprotective because you could get kidnapped and bombs were exploding in the streets.

Mia Maestro

ParentsYouStreetsBecauseGet

See things from the boy's point of view.

Robert Baden-Powell

ViewPoint Of ViewBoySeePoint

Something different has to be done before we make another budget deal that increases spending and raises the debt some more. Our current course is not reasonable. Our current course is insane.

Ron DeSantis

BudgetDoneDebtMoreSomething

I didn't really get any rigorous background in film history.

Joshua Oppenheimer

HistoryFilmGetBackgroundReally

Life is very, very simple and easy to understand, but we complicate it with the beliefs and ideas that we create.

Don Miguel Ruiz

LifeSimpleIdeasEasyCreateVery

Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.

Dee Hock

CreativitySpaceMindWillEmpty

I would love to do Broadway. That was my original aim, when I first started acting when I was 13. I wanted to do stage; I wanted to do musicals.

Dove Cameron

LoveActingAimFirstStageStarted

In sport, you just have to take what you can get.

Bradley Wiggins

YouTakeGetJustSport

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