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Pico Iyer Quotes

Japan functions on the basis of everyone sharing certain assumptions, where each person knows his part in a larger whole. The foreigner sits outside and is threatening. If he comes in, that's the most threatening of all.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: indian
Birth: February 11, 1957

Topics

Assumptions Person Sharing Outside

But I can't and don't ever want to write bell-yanking confetti-tossing hat-throwing poems.

Andrew Motion

Want Write Poems Ever

When you look back at your own story, you may find out that not every 't' was crossed and every 'i' was dotted.

Amy Klobuchar

Story You Look Back Find Out

I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now.

John Ritter

Yourself Liar Be Yourself Doing You

I don't want to be Marilyn Monroe. In many ways, that's a good comparison. Because Marilyn Monroe was a sexpot, all that stuff that I have no interest in. For me, it's much easier to just try to make people laugh than to try to be the hottest thing in the world.

Amanda Bynes

Good People Me World Laugh Want

People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.

Stefan Sagmeister

People Meaning Write See Tell Who

There are a lot of editorials that have nothing to do with anything like that. But I was just thinking of that sense of prose as being very responsible and perceptive, thoughtful, intimate, and contriving a quote statement.

Robert Creeley

Thinking Thoughtful Nothing Anything

The black vote is always important, and the reason is it serves as a tremendous base for the Democratic Party. On the national level, Democrats traditionally receive at least 90 percent of the black vote.

Roland Martin

Black Party Important Vote Reason

You always want to be part of something you're so passionate about.

Colin Morgan

You Want Passionate Always Something

I was a history and government major at Ohio State University, and I've spent a lot of time just fiddling around with who the next president's going to be, over the years, or who would I like to see in that job, or whatever. And I've come to believe, without any reservation, in this era, the best-prepared person for this job by far is Donald Trump.

Bobby Knight

History Time Job Government Believe

My feet never touched the ground. Lots of good groups with crazy and unique images. It was wild. I spent all of my time doing gigs, TV appearances, interviews, or recording. I could write a book - and probably will.

Suzi Quatro

Good Time Crazy Book Feet Doing

You have to put more of a well-rounded company together to make it in Canada, and I hope the Canadian market is going to be known for these well-performing, solid companies that people can rely on.

Tobias Lutke

Hope Together People You Canada

The people that are close to me, the people that I spend most of my time with, they're all really like-minded people.

Tim Kennedy

Time People Me Close My Time Most