Vikram Seth Quotes

Those books of mine that are remunerative - I'm not talking about poetry here - take years to write, and I am never sure they'll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.

Vikram Seth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I AmPoetryWritingTalkingNever

I don't really feel any different when I get up on stage.

Joe Elliott

FeelStageUpGetDifferentReally

Without the name, any flower is still more or less a stranger to you. The name betrays its family, its relationship to other flowers, and gives the mind something tangible to grasp. It is very difficult for persons who have had no special training to learn the names of the flowers from the botany.

John Burroughs

FamilyFlowerRelationshipTraining

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

Michael Bergin

FatherMotherPoliceStateSergeant

The bands that have been the most important to me, and the records that have been the most important to me as a fan, have been records that surprised me for one reason or another.

Steve Albini

MeImportantReasonBeenFanMost

As someone who worships music, I believe it can never be ugly!

Shreya Ghoshal

MusicUglyBelieveSomeoneNever

I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.

Tommy Chong

GoodSeriousBoyCrimeNeverBeen

I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.

Tom Odell

MusicCreativityFindMeaningful

I had a lot of friends, but none of them I felt super close with. Now that I'm older, I can look back on my teenage self and kind of see the things I did wrong and the things I did right, what affect they had on me, and what affect they had on other people. I can look at it in a much more conducive way to storytelling.

Ross Butler

PeopleMeSelfFriendsLookBack

Television is fantastic because you get to follow a group of characters over time, and their stories can enrich and surprise you. And you get to work with a group of people over time as well, which can be very satisfying with the right group.

Liz Tuccillo

WorkTimePeopleSurpriseYouGroup

I don't feel as if anything that has happened to me in my life was sidetracked because I was a woman.

Judy Sheindlin

LifeWomanMeFeelMy LifeAnything

One of the things that interests me about the Regency period is how women began to stir under the thumbs of men, wanting more and bigger freedoms.

Julia London

WomenMenMeMoreThingsBigger

If you're stumbling out of a bar, and people tweet about it, well, don't be dumb. If you're going to get falling-down drunk, stay at home - which I did a lot of.

Jason Bateman

HomePeopleYouDrunkDumbBar

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