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Arundhati Roy Quotes

To me, there is nothing higher than fiction. Nothing. It is fundamentally who I am. I am a teller of stories. For me, that's the only way I can make sense of the world, with all the dance that it involves.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: indian
Birth: November 24, 1961

Topics

Dance I Am Me World I Can Nothing

I had six or seven documented concussions, so I had a lot more than that. But I feel fine.

Joe Montana

Feel More Fine Seven I Feel Than

One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.

Andre Leon Talley

Humble Architecture Imagination Paris

One of my beliefs about leadership is it's not how many followers you have, but how many people you have with different opinions that you can bring together and try to be a good listener.

Robert Kraft

Leadership Good Together People You

There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil.

Shuji Nakamura

Money People Evil Think Something

I'm actually enjoying attention. Who wouldn't?

Trae Young

Attention Who Actually Enjoying

There's nothing in the world like live entertainment. With TV, you have to wait for your results; with live entertainment, people let you know right then and there. That relationship is established in 30 seconds. The first 30 seconds, they'll let you know whether they like you or not.

Tracy Morgan

Live Relationship People Wait World

The idea that God's mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous, and I need to just trust myself, and that, you know, if I'm deserving of God's mercy, I'll get it, regardless of, you know, my beard.

Matisyahu

God Myself Trust Beard You Mercy

I don't want people to know how I am feeling because it makes you more vulnerable.

Logan Browning

I Am People You Feeling Know Want

When I have a family, I will be retired.

Lizzie Armitstead

Family Will Retired

I believe that every character is a setting, a world with moving parts, and on the other hand, every setting is, in fact, a character - a living breathing thing with personality and backstory. The way stories come to life, at least for me, is when these elements commune in relationship to one another.

Jason Reynolds

Life Character Relationship Moving

My daughter Gabby very kindly once said that she thinks I was a better mother because I was doing a job I loved. I now think guilt is a universal part of being a mother. I used to think it was Jewish-mother guilt but now I think it is working-mother guilt.

Donna Karan

Mother Daughter Job Think Better

Strong women, when respected, make the whole society stronger. One must be careful with such rapid changes, though, and make an effort to preserve, at the same time, the positive traditions of Indian culture.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Positive Women Time Culture Effort