"My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly."

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Source : "Class Interview with Anita Desai". www.baruch.cuny.edu. 2003.

Anita Desai

#Writing Quotes #Style Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I am the living Barbie Doll, how are you?”
“I know when I first started working with Manny that he was something special. But eight world titles? No one could have expected that.”
“The prejudice many photographers have against colour photography comes from not thinking of colour as form. You can say things with colour that can't be said in black and white... Those who say that colour will eventually replace black and white are talking nonsense. The two do not compete with each other. They are different means to different ends.”
“The next wave of the Web is going to be user-generated content.”
“Yes, I get a report from BMI about the frequency of performances, and it is very surprising. They played one of my most advanced pieces, and one of my most unusual ones on the radio.”
“I always want to be prepared, 'cause you never know who's going to come to your studio.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.”

Source : "Good golly Miss Molly", www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2001.
“I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do.”

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