Arundhati Roy Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• To understand history,' Chacko said, 'we have to go inside and listen to what they're saying. And look at the books and the pictures on the wall. And smell the smells.

  Arundhati Roy

  Wall, Book, Smell

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.52, Penguin Books India

• All my books are accidental books - they come from reacting to things and thinking about things and engaging in a real way. They are not about, 'Oh, did it get a good review in the Guardian?' I don't care.

  Arundhati Roy

  Real, Book, Thinking

• I firstly don't think of myself as an activist, I never have. I always say that, I think this word "activist" is relatively recent one. I don't remember when people started being called that or what it means. It reduces both writers and activists, it makes it seem as though a writer's job is to just keep people entertained with best-selling books and the activist's job to keep on repeating the same thing without a great deal of subtlety and intelligence. I don't think either is the case.

  Arundhati Roy

  Jobs, Book, Mean

  Source: www.pakistantoday.com.pk

• When people stop some film from being shot or burn a book, it's not just that they are saying, this is against Indian culture. They are also saying, you Westernized, elite, English-speaking people are having too much of a good time. It's a very interesting phenomenon.

  Arundhati Roy

  Book, People, Interesting

  Source: progressive.org

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