Vikram Seth Quotes

It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.

Vikram Seth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveTimeMomentThinkPresentOnce

Fame is a fickle thing that only lasts as long as you can be out there offering yourself to the public. And as soon as you relax for five minutes, they're gone, you know, and they're following somebody else.

Jesse Stone

YourselfRelaxLongYouKnowFame

I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world.

Andrea Bocelli

LoveFoodBestCookingWorldEating

Growing up, I watched other teams, and I fell in love with Arsenal. I wasn't really interested in posters, but I saw many, many videos. Players like Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira made me love the club, and I dreamt of going there.

Matteo Guendouzi

LoveMeGrowing UpGrowingClubUp

So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.

Michael Beschloss

EndPoliticalWeekResultYouDrama

I've gone to readings to see authors after meeting them on Twitter. And while there, I've found myself sitting next to still more writers who I met on Twitter, too.

John Searles

MyselfMeetingSittingMoreSeeWho

I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats.

Steve Fossett

SportsMeReachBalloonsDifferent

To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world without roads or proper irrigation may be a fantasy based on the finest intentions. But it is a cruel fantasy nonetheless.

Michael Specter

RoadsPeopleWorldVegetablesMore

I'm often drawn in by a description of a woman thinking something familiar that's never been articulated before, as in Diane Cook's 'Somebody's Baby' or Nina Berberova's 'The Tattered Cloak.'

Miranda July

WomanBabyThinkingNeverSomething

Because of fear, and the way my career went, I started playing a lot of villainous roles.

Dennis Christopher

FearCareerWayPlayingStartedLot

If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.

Coco Martin

CharacterYouWantOwnGetYour

Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am.

Clare Balding

LifeChangeI AmMy LifeWishSay

I truly love a classic Caesar salad.

Antoni Porowski

LoveSaladClassicTrulyCaesar

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