Arundhati Roy Quotes

There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

NothingMoreFictionBeenMadeThan

When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How full of himself he seems. But I didn't get far enough in the series to really drive the joke of it home.

Jhonen Vasquez

HomeWritingDriveBookEnoughJoke

There was always this idea that I would work on Shakespeare and some of the other classics, but it never came to be.

Joel Grey

WorkNeverAlwaysClassicsIdea

My admonition is, 'No counterterrorism lead goes uncovered.'

Robert Mueller

LeadGoesCounterterrorismUncovered

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

Ann Curry

PowerPeopleMeSocietyVoiceThink

I am a humanist. I am for nice, easy balance.

Meryl Streep

BalanceI AmEasyNiceAmHumanist

We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.

Simon Le Bon

DanceWantBandDropsBomb

The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself.

Riz Ahmed

MusicMyselfPeopleMeBeing Myself

My life's work has been accomplished. I did all that I could.

Mikhail Gorbachev

LifeWorkBeenAccomplishedDid

We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal.

Mitch McConnell

TodayBadSecurityBornNewBecome

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail.

Don DeLillo

DangerousJailWhyManyThem

It's sort of a law of the art world: The stuff that grows in importance is only the stuff you bought because it wowed you.

Douglas Coupland

ArtLawWorldYouBecauseStuff

It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.

Cory Doctorow

HardGuyLikeHeLikableReally

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