Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Quotes

Everyone is so estranged; no one is rooted. That's what I like to write about more than anything else. Everything being so mixed up. Racially mixed up, people moving from place to place, everything shifting.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleMovingPlaceMoreWriteUp

Mr. Luskin also says that Rove did not knowingly disclose classified information and did not tell any reporters that Valerie Plame worked for the C.I.A.

Michael Isikoff

InformationTellReportersDidSays

I'm not a musician making words to go with my music.

John Trudell

MusicWordsGoMakingMusician

When I first went to L.A., I really hated it. I had this preconceived idea of what it would be like. You think of Hollywood as this beautiful place, but everything looks rundown and old.

Sophie Lowe

BeautifulThinkBeautiful PlaceYou

I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you.

Rufus Wainwright

FogBelieveSparkMomentsYouHold

I was excited to turn 60.

Mary Steenburgen

TurnExcited

If I had had someone like me who had chosen to live their lives out and proud, there would be no need for the Tyler Clementis of the world.

Don Lemon

LiveMeWorldProudSomeoneNeed

Modesty is not possible in performance in the Caribbean - and that's wonderful.

Derek Walcott

PerformancePossibleModesty

Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our surroundings.

Brian Greene

ScienceAdventureUnderstandYears

For 'King Cole's American Salvage,' I rode around in the wrecker with a local driver and watched him deal with customers and hook up the cars. I watched the guy who tore apart the cars in the junkyard. I also wrote poems about those guys. I loved hanging around the yard.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

KingLovedAmericanHimUpGuy

I was very bookish and shy. I didn't have playmates, ever.

Bobbie Ann Mason

ShyVeryEver

I think that most people would associate big schools of fish with healthy coral reefs. At Kingman, the predators keep the herd thin, so there aren't a lot of big fish schools.

Brian Skerry

PeopleThinkFishHealthyBigKeep

I have time only for cricket, and when I am not playing, I love to be at home, chat with my family, do puja with them, call for some yummy paani puri, etc. Also I love to cook. I can make dal, sabji and chicken! But, at home everybody's a vegetarian, so I can't cook non-veg at home!

Suresh Raina

FamilyLoveHomeTimeI AmCricket

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