Pico Iyer Quotes

In barely one generation, we've moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them - often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.

Pico Iyer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeGenerationTryingMoreConnect

My first drafts are always terrible, and I hate them, but the process for me is all about writing the bad version until it tells you what the good version is. And then you write that.

Jesse Andrews

GoodHateMeWritingProcessYou

When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own.

John Berger

WallsBookVoiceStoryPlaceWill

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

Joe Torre

BrokenOrganizationFeelFortunate

One word I had throughout the first year and a half of my mother's death was 'unmoored.' I felt that I had no anchor, that I had no home in the world.

Meghan O'Rourke

MotherHomeDeathWorldYearAnchor

If you're a juvenile delinquent today, you're a hacker. You live in your parent's house; they haven't seen you for two months. They put food outside your door, and you're shutting down a government of a foreign country from your computer.

John Waters

LiveTodayFoodGovernmentDoorYou

I think the therapeutic part of acting is allowing myself to step into another human being's shoes. It allows me the ability to release judgment, if I had any judgment to begin with. It's an opportunity to understand rather than to stand outside and point fingers.

Sterling K. Brown

OpportunityShoesMyselfStepMe

I had started writing for 'Sports Illustrated,' which was really my dream job growing up. But the writing probably read like I was auditioning to write for 'Letterman' or '70s-era Carson.

Steve Rushin

SportsJobGrowing UpWritingDream

I consider myself to be a very fortunate person and to have led a very fortunate life.

Tom Stoppard

LifeMyselfPersonFortunateLed

I live in New York City. Since 1983, this is my home. It is my heart, it is my home, and it is the city that I love. I enjoy many places and many opportunities, but I absolutely adore New York City.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

LoveHomeLiveHeartNew YorkCity

I started watching some 'Doctor Who' recently on my own and got too scared. I had to watch it in the daytime - I'm pathetic.

Miranda Hart

DoctorMy OwnWatchingScaredOwn

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.

Lisa Ling

ChildLeadBecomingManyObese

The 'garra charrua' is something we're proud of, even if other people sometimes misunderstand it.

Diego Godin

PeopleProudSometimesSomething

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