What did Vikram Seth mean by: I think it’s possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated. - Vikram Seth Author · India Copy
+ To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Love, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ You get your inspiration – suggestions – wherever you have to, even from your mother. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Inspiration, Mother, Suggestions, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ Dear though the reader might be, I’d be silly to cater to what the reader wanted. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Dear, Silly, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Inspiration, Mind, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Persons, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ And an equation is the same whether it’s written in red or green ink Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Green, Ink, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ I’m not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Not Sure, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
+ For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Vikram Seth, Discipline, Obsession, Self, 0 - Vikram Seth Author · India
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
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It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France