Anita Desai ,quotes

The wheel turns and turns and...

The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

Many characters in the novel ...

Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

Ever since I could first writ...

Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

Someone who wants to write sh...

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

People think that because I w...

People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

India is a curious place that...

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

Usually a feeling of disappoi...

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.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

I aim to tell the truth about...

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

When I was very young, I used...

When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

The book begins and ends with...

The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

Do you know anyone who would ...

Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood?

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

...the moon that hung over th...

...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

When I am writing, I focus on...

When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already thinking about the ending.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

What a sense of possession, o...

What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned riches, owned independence.

Anita Desai 10.08.2025 20:50:30 18 quotes

India is a curious place that ...

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

Anita Desai 12.03.2018 14:45:32 18 quotes

What a sense of possession, of...

What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned riches, owned independence.

Anita Desai 03.03.2018 03:03:03 18 quotes

Wherever you go becomes a part...

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.

Anita Desai 03.03.2018 03:03:03 18 quotes

The wheel turns and turns and ...

The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still.

Anita Desai 03.03.2018 03:03:03 18 quotes

Do you know anyone who would -...

Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood?

Anita Desai 03.03.2018 03:03:03 18 quotes

Isn't it strange how life won'...

Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?

Anita Desai 03.03.2018 03:03:03 18 quotes

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