"Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book,……" — Anita Desai
"Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book."
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15 Quotes by Anita Desai
Anita Desai has 15 quotes on this site.
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The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still.
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Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense…
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India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes,…
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I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.
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The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family…
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People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
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My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my…
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I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.
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Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read…
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When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I…
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When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through…
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...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as…
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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly…
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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing…
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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people.…
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure…
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there…
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get…
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The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since…
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I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
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