If you think that what you're doing is not all that important in the larger scheme of things and that you're just an insignificant creature in the whole wide world, which is full of six billion people, and that people are born and die every day and it makes no difference to future generations what you write, and that writing and reading are increasingly irrelevant activities, you'd probably never get out of bed.
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or "You have to do that." Buddhism does not … - Pankaj Mishra
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or "You have to do that." Buddhism does not …
- Pankaj Mishra
There are some serious limitations in Mo Yan's situation as a writer in China today - just as there are for Jia Zhangke, one of the world's greatest … - Pankaj Mishra
There are some serious limitations in Mo Yan's situation as a writer in China today - just as there are for Jia Zhangke, one of the world's greatest …
I've never really felt that being part of a literary community is all that important. It can be extremely detrimental to a writer. It can damage succ… - Pankaj Mishra
I've never really felt that being part of a literary community is all that important. It can be extremely detrimental to a writer. It can damage succ…
Writers in the nineteenth century - people like George Eliot and Flaubert - were accustomed to addressing particular communities with which they shar… - Pankaj Mishra
Writers in the nineteenth century - people like George Eliot and Flaubert - were accustomed to addressing particular communities with which they shar…
The whole idea of mindfulness is all about having a second-level monitoring of your thoughts and being able to recognize them as being negative or ha… - Pankaj Mishra
The whole idea of mindfulness is all about having a second-level monitoring of your thoughts and being able to recognize them as being negative or ha…
Most suffering is human-made and avoidable. It's mostly in your head. - Pankaj Mishra
Most suffering is human-made and avoidable. It's mostly in your head.
Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee great literature. - Pankaj Mishra
Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee great literature.
There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience nor the American au… - Pankaj Mishra
There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience nor the American au…
When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw India's… - Pankaj Mishra
When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw India's…
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