Romesh Gunesekera
Related DEYTH BANGER SELENA GOMEZ MORTEN TYLDUM It's in our nature. We need to explore and find out what's going on outside of who we are. BILLY DEE WILLIAMS Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where whe... PAM GRIER CHRIS EVANS ELLA WOODWARD ALAN G. POINDEXTER NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Every time I think I know what's right and wrong, I end up being wrong. All I want to do is expl... CAROLYN CHUTE I do need to explore my faith, because it has got lost over the years and it has been kind of tainte... JOHNNY VEGAS I'm still really interested in acting, I love film so much. It's definitely something I'... OLIVIA CULPO I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was rea... CAITY LOTZ It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what ma... ZERESENAY ALEMSEGED JASON MRAZ CORY DOCTOROW I would hope it's better, but I'm actually acknowledging now that I want to explore all thes... DAVID COVERDALE There's a story in 'Kabu Kabu' called 'Bakasi Man' where I got to explore the mi... NNEDI OKORAFOR MICHAEL ONDAATJE DENZEL WASHINGTON ORHAN PAMUK STEVEN WRIGHT If you can depict situations and explore life in a truthful way and explore areas of grey - because ... CHRISTOPHER ROUSE In some sense, prose fiction is just a way of unlocking a space. If I can unlock the space, it comes... BEN MARCUS I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, ... KATHLEEN BATTLE I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, ... SHARON OLDS HENRY SELICK I really like coming-of-age dramas. It's probably the most intense period in anyone's life, ... AIDAN GILLEN It's valuable to me as an artist and actor to explore all kinds of outlets. So if a local filmma... TANYA FISCHER I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has... NAOMI WATTS BRIAN DENNEHY On a personal level, I think the political situation in Sri Lanka is very much on the mind of Sri La... SHYAM SELVADURAI I'll admit, sometimes I've paid the bills with acting. You know the phrase, 'It's on... PADDY CONSIDINE I often played nice guys when I was younger, and it's nice to be able to explore the darker side... JEROME FLYNN Eventually I just want to live a normal life. I want to get married and have children and cook, wash... VICKY MCCLURE Obviously, in marketing, the best tool is to show the autobiography in fiction. It's inevitable ... DINAW MENGESTU I really want to keep modelling, but it's not my number one goal in life. But it's so fun. I... MADDIE ZIEGLER The fact that it is set in a phantasmagorical island somewhere in ancient Sri Lanka throws up immens... FRANCIS WACZIARG AARON RODGERS AGNETHA FALTSKOG ERIN HUNTER There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I ... JARED PADALECKI TED TURNER JENNI RIVERA DANICA PATRICK I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I ... EDWARD RUSCHA I could do another tour, make a record that's very similar, do similar venues. Or I could make a... FLUME Modelling's not something I want to do just on its own, but I always want it to be a part of my ... ALICE DELLAL KELLEY ARMSTRONG I've never had a plan. You look for different actors you want to work with or different subjects... MICHELLE FORBES I hold music so close to my heart - to the point where I was always like, 'Well, if it's not... EVAN RACHEL WOOD JACK OSBOURNE LANA WACHOWSKI ALAN ARKIN TONY STEWART STEVEN PINKER JAMES WAN NYLE DIMARCO LAILA ALI I have a background in erotic dancing, but that's mostly just - it's not professional, it... MATT MCGORRY At first I was a bit indignant about it, and then I realised, 'No, that's what people want, ... JULIA ORMOND CRAIG GROESCHEL CHRIS EVANS STIEG LARSSON It's quite fun to mess with the human voice. It's quite special in the sense that the voice ... FLUME NEIL GAIMAN I know what it's like to be an outcast in society. I know what it's like to want to find str... ANDY BIERSACK Stories, as we're taught in journalism school early on, are told through people. Those stories m... SOLEDAD O'BRIEN My background is in acting, so I enjoy being able to show what I'm looking for. With acting, it&... KIM JI-WOON CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS LEONARD COHEN SYDNEY POLLACK The human race has a yearning to explore. That's part of our biological and psychological makeup... KIP THORNE KID CUDI I do go back to Russia frequently, about twice a year. I hate the flight, but it's worth it. My ... OLESYA RULIN EVELYN GLENNIE In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's jus... ZACH WOODLEE DAVID EAGLEMAN DEYTH BANGER ALEXANDER MCQUEEN I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre. MAL PEET 'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; i... DWIGHT SCHULTZ TRENT REZNOR ARTHUR MILLER I love Paris, but it's not a city I would like to live in. It's one of my favorite cities bu... SARA SAMPAIO EVA MENDES We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything and... MAX BROOKS ASHLEY OLSEN There's something to be said about a girl who knows what she wants. One of my favorite girls to ... JASON WU I get a very vague idea and - perhaps because I once was a journalist, or perhaps because that's... AMINATTA FORNA Figure skating is not a hobby. It's my work, which I want to do, and do well. ADELINA SOTNIKOVA EDDIE VAN HALEN JOHN COLTRANE It's weird, when I go back to San Francisco, the few times that I've done shows there since ... KASKADE PARK CHAN-WOOK KATE CHRISTENSEN STEPHEN HAWKING It's not just what Christian fiction lacks I appreciate - it's what it offers. The variety i... RANDY ALCORN Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. ... ED OXENBOULD
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People speculate or think what they want to think, but it's been really fun for me to kind of ex... 
I don't know if it's a sadistic side or whatever, but you take characters and put them in re... 
I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my ... 
Blogs are amazing, and I'm so grateful to mine for giving me such a great platform to explore ot... 
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The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let... 
I love getting to bounce around and explore so much. I love Scandinavia. I love Spain. It's so m... 
It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction. 
I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both... 
I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical backgro... 
I consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to ... 
There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really inte... 
I'm meant to be an animation director. That world, and the culture of stop-motion, is where I wa... 
I remember playing John Wayne Gacy, serial killer, very sick, neurotic, screwed-up guy. You know wha... 
I've gotten to know a lot of great people here in all the different sports. It's fun. It'... 
When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large ... 
He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead. 
I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. 
My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems... 
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I'm not going to just stop doing it because I got hurt once. People get hurt in car wrecks every... 
I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibi... 
For me and my films, I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just vi... 
Seriously, I don't find not being able to hear an obstacle or a boundary. For me, and for many o... 
I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'... 
When I'm focusing on what's important to God, I live differently. I invest my time differently. 
I love acting. It's my playground; it lets me explore. But my happiness in this world, my level ... 
I've read crime fiction all my life. A thing that's bothered me about crime fiction is that ... 
It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particuarly long to learn that for yourself. Ther... 
I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many p... 
I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very ... 
I mean, I don't know anything else that I would try to do, but it's a very frustrating thing... 
My background is not typical hip-hop. I didn't grow up in the projects. I grew up in a single fa... 
It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact,... 
I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of bein... 
You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson... 
There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me.... 
I've attended many concerts where I felt let down and I was wishing it would be something else. ... 
It is a lie. 
I love it, but it's not important to me to always be thought of as sexy. I like it when it doesn... 
I live a very normal life. I have friends, and I've always gone to school. The part that's n... 
I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it... 
My goal is to live the truly religious life and express it through my music. If you can live it, the... 
I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a poi... 
I think there's a part of my brain where food, language, and memory all intersect, and it's ... 
When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect... 
Sri Lankans of every kind, overwhelmingly the poorest, have been bombed by one side or the other for... 
The old idea that you grow wiser as you get older, and you learn from your elders, is actually compl... 
The nationalist movement supported Sinhala by suppressing Tamil; there were competing nationalisms. ... 
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