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Pankaj Mishra Quotes

Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: indian
Birth: 1969

Topics

Writing Career Professional Real Out

That's where the Black Keys and Jack White have succeeded and I've failed: They've actually convinced college kids that they're listening to hip music - but it's just blues twisted a new way - while I'm playing for the college kid's parents.

Music Parents College Listening New

I feared the verdict of the watch, where I either lost the race against time that day or would lose it soon by making the record even harder to break. The time trap had snapped shut.

Time Day Lose Lost Race Break

The Tao of Jen was very much the Tao of hiding everything that didn't look good. The Tao of Jen is wearing a cocktail dress with underwear with holes in it. The Tao of Jen is all style and no substance.

Good Style Dress Look Cocktail Much

I love hanging out with friends. Honestly, one of my favorite things to do is have game night. Just people coming over and hanging out and laughing and playing games.

Love People Night Game Friends Over

When I write, I'm sort of old-fashioned in the sense that I like to write something that I feel I could just perform alone, obviously, because I do that a lot in concert.

Alone Feel Write Concert Something

I was with top CEOs in 2009, and they were clearly shaken. Top leaders of Wall Street and elsewhere, shaken. The ones at the top did get by because if they are seeing a decline somewhere, there is also growth elsewhere, like in emerging economies.

Growth Seeing Wall Street Top Get

I didn't want to box myself into writing just rock music because you can try to force it into moments that don't want it.

Music Myself Writing Moments You

There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I've managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do.

Work Myself Musicians Play Boston

Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council.

Mary Doria Russell

Good Cleveland Arts Because Artists

40 years old is about the time a principal dancer would start to think about retirement, but some go on to dance a little bit longer than that.

Time Dance Start Think Retirement

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

Time Energy Thought Worry Long Out

Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can't ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one's mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment.

Work Moment Mind Brain Detail Rest

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