Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain – not falsification, but a shifting. Gunter Grass Read Quote
I would never, ever use a novel to do thinly disguised political information dissemination. For me, all these experiences, they sat in me, and they got broken down into my body, and I sweated it out. It’s not because I want to talk about ‘issues.’ For me, a novel is a way of seeing the world. Arundhati Roy Read Quote
I have always said I will try to answer questions honestly. I don’t want to change that about myself. I think people appreciate that about me. Rory McIlroy Read Quote
I don’t write thinking directly about what I’m feeling, usually. I just let myself write whatever comes out without it necessarily being directly a translation of what I’m aware that I’m feeling, you know? Julia Holter Read Quote
I knew all these people had the same goals I did, but the one that worked the hardest would come out on top. That’s what drove me all the time. But I had fun. I did better every day, and that’s what made it fun. Debbie Meyer Read Quote
The materialisation of reforms in the form of rollout of the GST, the institution of Indian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and the abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board should boost investor and investment confidence. Urjit Patel Read Quote
When I was a kid, it was Bette Davis. She was my idol. I used to cut school and sit in the back of the theater; of course, I would have snuck in because I couldn’t afford a ticket. Lauren Bacall Read Quote
To the UCLA students, alumni, and fans, I appreciate all of your unwavering support. Josh Rosen Read Quote
What if the counterculture was only a stumbling beginning, rather than the best that could be hoped for? Mark Fisher Read Quote
