When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes extreme watch write
The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. Kiran Desai bravepublishreader Change image and share on social
I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers. Kiran Desai americancapoteconnor Change image and share on social
If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars. Kiran Desai beggarcriticallycriticize share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
Netanyahu is beholden to the extreme Right. Isaac Herzog beholdenextremenetanyahu Change image and share on social