Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Quotes

One doesn't choose to become a writer. One is just born that way.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 7, 1927 - April 3, 2013

Topics

ChooseBornWayBecomeJustWriter

I remember how, back in the 1980s, the Scottish Flow Country became an object of bemused controversy as rich celebrities and businessmen from south of the border acquired great tracts of this vast wetland in the far north in order to plant non-native conifer plantations that attract hefty tax breaks.

John Burnside

GreatBorderRichPlantRemember

Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job.

Jeremy Piven

JobPeoplePerformanceDoneDisgust

The hand is man's most valuable servant; its dexterity enables it to respond to his slightest bidding.

Max Heindel

ManHandRespondServantValuable

At Microsoft, the magic of software is used to take on very interesting challenges.

Jeff Raikes

ChallengesInterestingMagicSoftware

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

Jean Ingelow

GardeningLuckySheHerAgainstDid

Changes in size are not a consequence of changes in shape, but the reverse: changes in size often require changes in shape. To put it another way, size is a supreme regulator of all matters biological. No living entity can evolve or develop without taking size into consideration. Much more than that, size is a prime mover in evolution.

John Tyler Bonner

EvolutionLivingWayChangesSize

I've taken a stand against religion for as long I've been able to write and think.

Roy Harper

ReligionThinkStandLongWrite

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

Mike Simpson

TimeAmericanPoliticalCountry

With action movies, that's just fun stuff for me. That's me being a kid again. Same with 'The Best of Me' and these romantic dramas. It's such a freedom from reality and social constructions. You get to just have fun and play and be in a movie.

Luke Bracey

FreedomRomanticBestFunMeAction

I never know what I want, but always know what I don't want.

Louise Wilson

KnowWantNeverAlways

I'm willing to put my body on the line and stuff like that, just to get a taste of that greatness.

Jason Day

GreatnessBodyLineTasteGetStuff

The Republican and Democratic parties have accomplished an amazing feat with the red state/blue state paradigm. They've convinced everyone that regardless of how bad they are, the other guy is worse.

Jonathan Turley

RedAmazingBadRepublicanEveryone

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