Vikram Seth Quotes

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

Vikram Seth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 20, 1952

Topics

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It was a recession when I graduated, but I was so unequipped to have a job anyway, I don't think it would have mattered if the economy was booming. I think I was expecting bad jobs. But as it went on through my 20s, I began to wonder how things were going to turn out.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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In academic life, false ideas are merely false, and useless ones can be fun to play with.

Michael Ignatieff

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I'm so tired of reading all the negativity about black fathers running away and no black men as role models in society. I had a great father. Most of the guys I knew had great fathers.

Sinbad

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If you have any opinions at all or if you're even remotely verbal then they're going to call you fiery.

Shirley Manson

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The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.

Robert Crumb

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When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity.

Robert Anton Wilson

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Technology, you know. I'm pretty horrible. I use it, but mostly I like to view it from afar. But I'm still fascinated by it.

Michael Keaton

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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

Joseph Campbell

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What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen.

Deborah Norville

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Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.

Christian McKay

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If I go play 'Modern Warfare,' I'll find a hundred different things I'd like done differently. And I don't have the discipline to not express my opinion.

Bobby Kotick

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I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.

Bryan Cranston

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