“It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the tri...” — Vikram Seth Quote

“It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.”

“I know from an editor's point of view or a publisher's point of view it's easier to slot me into a particular niche. But I know that I'd be bored unless I wrote a book that in some senses was a challenge.”

“If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say the first names that came to mind, and I'm sure that I'll later think 'Oh, I should have mentioned that one.'”

“I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.”

“Good music is good music, but it has to be good.”

“Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.”

“I like to write on anything that is intriguing, unheard of - something that is offbeat.”

“It is difficult, but intriguing, to imagine seeing the world as a fly might. First, flies don't have nearly the same visual resolution that we do... so you have to imagine a fuzzier image. Second, fly eyes are faster than our own and are very sensitive to motion.”

“I been doing music since I was 15 years old. I found it intriguing, just from liking and listening to music.”

“Character is primary. What happens as far as plot and events is not as intriguing to me as what's happening inside this particular person.”

“The Masvidal fight is intriguing because he can hurt me bad, I think. That's what gets me up in the morning. That's what makes me work.”

“Dark matter is particularly intriguing because it's some kind of particle - that's for sure.”