Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

As a youngster, I think I said I wanted to be a journalist, but that's a disguise for being a writer.

Romesh Gunesekera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: 1954

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ThinkSaidDisguiseBeingWriter

There's always something exciting about small change.

Jim Rash

ChangeSmallAlwaysSomethingAbout

I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up.

Andre Braugher

ArtMyselfManTryHardUp

I'm a sucker for lost worlds. I was nostalgic even as a child. I was happiest in my hometown library in Adams, Mass., where nothing seemed to change.

Stacy Schiff

ChangeChildLibraryHometownLost

I mean, I would hope that I have a style or personality that is evident wherever I go.

Trevor Dunn

HopeStylePersonalityGoMean

To me, there's nothing sexier than a guy in a well-tailored suit.

Joseph Abboud

MeNothingSuitGuyThanSexier

For me, fashion should always be evolving so it remains exciting and unexpected.

Jonathan Anderson

MeFashionUnexpectedAlwaysShould

I feel best in a ragged pair of red Honda Motorcycle pants. I have taken them to Machu Picchu, to the Knob Creek Machine Gun festival, and backstage to Cirque du Soleil - just the right touch to make you untouchable. No one quite dares to throw you out, because perhaps you are a world class motocross racer.

Jonathan Franklin

BestRedMotorcycleWorldGunYou

I absolutely loved my stint on Broadway in 'Hairspray.'

Corey Reynolds

LovedBroadwayAbsolutelyHairspray

I don't think I see the way bodies move in any special way. People say I do, but everybody moves. I don't see why all of a sudden I'm a specialist in the way bodies move.

Claire Denis

PeopleThinkSaySpecialWhyWay

Part of the power of having startup communities is it continues to challenge the status quo. So for many of these cities that were once very important and powerful that today are struggling, startup communities are a way for them to rejuvenate themselves.

Brad Feld

TodayPowerChallengePowerfulWay

I won't think about what people will say, even when I am actually seeing someone. Somebody will say something, then someone else will contradict it. I can't keep chasing all of them and try and correct everyone.

Arjun Kapoor

I AmPeopleThinkSomeoneSeeing

'In the Cut' was not what readers expected of me. Before it was published, I was seen as a women's writer, which meant that I wrote movingly about flowers and children.

Susanna Moore

WomenChildrenFlowersMeSeenCut

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