Arundhati Roy Quotes

I would never, ever use a novel to do thinly disguised political information dissemination. For me, all these experiences, they sat in me, and they got broken down into my body, and I sweated it out. It's not because I want to talk about 'issues.' For me, a novel is a way of seeing the world.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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BrokenMeWorldPoliticalBodyDown

You have actors you've worked with previously, and you have actors you haven't worked with that you've seen in things where you know they can work in these parts. And then there are actors who blow you away, who surprise you.

Jeff Nichols

WorkSurpriseYouKnowThingsSeen

When you're not able to play ball anymore, you see who's really there for you. I would say that God works in mysterious ways, and He gets rid of your friends for you - the ones who were never really your real friends.

Stefon Diggs

GodFriendsYouPlaySayNever

Most writers of entertainment fiction tend to receive controversial reviews.

Sonny Mehta

EntertainmentFictionControversial

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

Robin Williams

FunnyNothingWhyCallRushHour

I think that rather than condemning Islam, Islam needs to be studied by those who are sincere.

Louis Farrakhan

ThinkIslamSincereWhoRatherThan

We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life.

Judith Wright

LifeExperienceCreateDifficult

So long as these kinds of inequalities persist, all of us who are given expensive educations have to live with the knowledge that our victories are contaminated because the game has been rigged to our advantage.

Jonathan Kozol

LiveKnowledgeGameLongExpensive

I didn't know my father very well; I only met him a few times.

Jordan Peele

FatherKnowHimWellOnlyMet

That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in or you're out; you don't have a chance to become good at your craft. If you make three pictures in a row and they don't go over, you're out of the business.

Donald O'Connor

GoodBusinessTodayChanceYou

I always loved clothes, just not clothes that were appropriate to the place I grew up in.

Colleen Atwood

LovedClothesPlaceAlwaysUpJust

There are certain things people always bring up with me. The accident. The drugs. And how tight my pants were.

Leif Garrett

PeopleMePantsAlwaysUpBring

Elvis inspired my sideburns, but Little Richard inspired me for vocals.

Lemmy

MeInspiredLittleElvisVocals

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