Quotes about "Modern Relationships & Dating"

Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened. ”

You can't have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years. ”

People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture. ”

I don't have any answers as to whether the Internet is a good or a bad thing, but it's certainly an important thing for the novel because novels are so much about communication, and when communication changes, the novel has to change. ”

As a reader with next to no knowledge of classical mythology, I approached 'The Aeneid' just as I would a contemporary poem or novel - and, despite my ignorance, I was rewarded with a rich and affecting portrait of, among other things, the memorably doomed love affair between Aeneas and Dido. ”

Writing in the first person, you immediately open yourself up to the idea that there's a connection between you and the narrator. ”

I just started taking pictures, and it was - it was an instant love affair. It was just ecstatic. ”

Matte digital prints are gorgeous, don't you agree? But the glossy digital prints, I just can't stand that paper. ”

I have no animus toward digital, though I still pretty much take everything on a silver-based negative, either a wet plate or just regular silver 8x10. But I've started messing a little bit with scanning the negative and then reworking it just slightly. ”

I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published. ”