Quotes About Author

When a novel is based on an actual crime, it should do much more than loosely fictionalize it. The novel must stand alone as a work of art that justifies using the story for its own purposes.

The use of data for political purposes wasn't invented by Cambridge Analytica.

I just feel really grateful that I can pursue my dreams and also reach people in ways that I never expected.

I can't say I go through life liking it and that I pursue to be hated, but I did pursue to be a good basketball player.

Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.

I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!

A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with.

The best way to really make the VPN issue a completely nonissue is through global licensing that we are continuing to pursue with our partners.

The most amazing gift about being a novelist is that you get to pursue your curiosity every day.

Some of my cousins who wanted to pursue acting were always taking pictures and meeting people. I could never think of doing all this. Doing films was the last thing on my mind.

Mahesh is not campaigning for any political party. Nor does he intend to contest any elections or pursue any kind of political ambitions.

Our best hope in meeting the many challenges that Brexit brings for us is being willing to be open-minded about the options we may choose to pursue.

I wanted to pursue my passion for cricket, but after school, I got into an engineering college.

When my sister moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in Bollywood, I was interested in Hollywood. Quite a contrast, right?

At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.

If I'd had more courage, I would've pursued a less commercial path. Maybe I would've gone into musical theater.

I toyed with the idea of pursuing a career as a lawyer just because I like to argue.

I went to college thinking of maybe pursuing a career in film criticism.

In Japan, I have my own line of dinnerware, but I'm not aggressive about pursuing those projects.

Until I was pursuing my collegiate education, I was in Madurai with my parents. Bengaluru was the first place where I was independent. So, the city is very close to my heart.

For anyone to say that The Rock made a bad decision in pursuing a film career, with the success that film career has garnered, is ill-advised.

I came from anonymity, and I will continue to write as a private pursuit.

I've always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There's only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved, and that pursuit is writing. This means, conveniently enough, that I never had to search for my destiny; I only had to obey it.

Not a moment had been lost by General Hooker in the pursuit of Lee.