"The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to……" — Kiran Desai
"The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it."
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Kiran Desai
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31 Quotes by Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai has 31 quotes on this site.
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No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana...
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This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their hearts always in…
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Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.
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The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.
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I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.
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I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.
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I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere.
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I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.
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New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to…
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We think of immigration as a Western issue but, of course, it isn't.
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When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really…
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I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I…
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An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement.
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