Vikram Seth Quotes

I don't want to talk too much about the nitty-gritty of writing. It's rather like a pressure cooker with a certain amount of pressure in it - the more you let out, the less you cook.

Vikram Seth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingPressureYouToo MuchWant

As far as creating my own theme park, it would probably just have to do with things I like, like my dog and other people's dogs, and lots of dogs and cats.

Jimmi Simpson

DogCatsPeopleCreatingMy OwnOwn

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

John F. Kennedy

FearNeverOutUsNegotiateLet Us

The apostle Paul never seemed to exhaust the topic of grace - what makes us think we can? He just kept coming at it and coming at it from another angle. That's the thing about grace. It's like springtime. You can't put it in a single sentence definition, and you can't exhaust it.

Max Lucado

GraceThinkYouNeverSingleComing

When Tony was madly in love with me, his relationship with Vanessa Redgrave was ending.

Jeanne Moreau

LoveRelationshipMeEndingHis

To be honest, it's more fun being the underdog.

Stephen Karam

FunUnderdogMoreHonestBeing

I just have tried to adapt to the constant changes that happen all the time in my schedule and try and find any sort of mini-predictability and balance within my very unpredictable life.

Mikaela Shiffrin

LifeTimeBalanceFindAdaptTry

I share my story to help other people. I know people need someone to be a role model and help them along the way.

Jazz Jennings

PeopleStorySomeoneHelpRole Model

Children are still in love with the wonders of nature, and I am, too. So I write them stories in hopes that they will want to protect all the beautiful creatures and places.

Jean Craighead George

NatureLoveBeautifulChildrenI Am

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.

Brian De Palma

SchoolYearsPresbyterianTwelve

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

Augustine Birrell

GoodBadBathKnowCreationTrue

Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.

William Whitelaw

CountryApathyUpGoingStirring

You're suspended sixty feet up in the air, you've been up there for three hours, and all the shot requires is that you have to sort of react to getting punched in the head.

Alfred Molina

FeetYouThreeReactSixtyHead

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