Kazuo Ishiguro People aren’t quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They’re not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. – Kazuo Ishiguro Book Quotes Booker Quotes Literary Quotes People Quotes Prize Quotes Recommended Quotes Stands Quotes Values Quotes Winner Quotes What is difficult is the promotion, balancing the public side of a writer’s life with the writing. I think that’s something a lot of writers are having to face. Writers have become much more public now. The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times… before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.
Gary Numan I never call myself a singer, ever. I never will. I’ve always been really embarrassed about my voice. I’ve never been confident about it. I think it’s a little bit better now than when I first started. There are people I admire who are genuinely brilliant singers and I know the difference between what they can do and what I can do. – Gary Numan
James Gleick If we want to live freely and privately in the interconnected world of the twenty-first century – and surely we do – perhaps above all we need a revival of the small-town civility of the nineteenth century. Manners, not devices: sometimes it’s just better not to ask, and better not to look. – James Gleick
Caroline Leavitt All writers know how important a good title is. It’s the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover – a seductive ‘come hither’ for the story within. – Caroline Leavitt
Clare Balding Women’s sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics. – Clare Balding
Margaret MacMillan In the 19th century, we didn’t much like the loud annexationist voices south of the border or American support for Sinn Fein adventurers who thought, by seizing the Canadian colonies, they could force Britain out of Ireland. – Margaret MacMillan
Anil Ambani I am honoured to be invited by our respected Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi to join the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.’ I dedicate myself to this movement and will invite nine other leading Indians to join me in the ‘Clean India’ campaign. – Anil Ambani
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