Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not. ”

There would be times when I got so much work that I didn't have time to write. School interfered with writing more than writing with school. ”

My past makes me an insider, but my profession makes me an outsider. A writer always stands outside to report on reality. ”

All good works of art must ask this question: 'You want to breathe free, yes, but do you know how to kiss?' ”

I'm generalizing wildly, but academic books find safety in explanations that reduce the chaos of social life. ”

Inequality reigns in horrifying ways, and not everyone can even read, but the world of media and advertising withholds very little from the imagination of the dispossessed. ”

Whether the work that I do shall succeed or achieve critical acclaim is for the audience to decide. ”

My mother came from a very affluent background, very Westernized, while my father was more Eastern. So I've had a very good blend of the East and the West. I guess this has been extremely helpful in making my career and the way I function. ”

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage. ”

I've accepted that I was a failure in politics. I was not qualified for the job. ”