"I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges."

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

Anita Desai

#Character Quotes #Trying Quotes #Connections Quotes

“God wants you to have a good life, a life filled with love, joy, peace, and fulfillment. That doesnâ€™t mean it will always be easy, but it does mean that it will always be good.”
“My vision is a future for humanity where we will be completely free to pursue activities outside of our planet.”

Source : "Rocket Scientist". Interview with Josh Seftel, www.pbs.org. May 1, 2009.
“Any combining, mixing, adding, diluting, exploiting, vulgarizing, or popularizing of abstract art deprives art of its essence and depraves the artist's artistic consciousness. Art is free, but it is not a free-for-all.”

Source : American Dialog Vol. 1-5, p.9, 1964.
“If you're built like a freight train, you can't drive around like a Volkswagen.”
“It is important to recognize the power of our emotions-and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This attitude of joy that we create helps alleviate states of hopelessness, loneliness, and despair. Our relationships with others thus naturally improve, and little by little the whole of society becomes more positive and balanced.”
“Cooking and baking are pleasures and I want everyone to be able to experience and share them.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.”
“You think the two of us and a slummy motel make for a dangerous combination?”

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