Manju Kapur quotes

“There was no aphrodisiac more powerful than talking, no seduction more effective than curiosity.”
-- Manju Kapur

Source : Manju Kapur (2010). “A Married Woman”, p.186, Faber & Faber

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“I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer.”
-- Manju Kapur

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“The world would be a better place if...”
-- Manju Kapur

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“Feminism is small revolutions, every day”
-- Manju Kapur

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“A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.”

Source : "Voter Suppression Is Treasonous" by Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2012.

“If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.”

“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”

“The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.”

“I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.”

“I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.

“Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of a few blunt, large questions.”

“It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others...Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion's questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.”

“Adventure is just about doing something you’ve never done— doing it with enthusiasm and curiosity: doing something difficult with passion.”

“People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?”