Arundhati Roy

"I believe that writing is an act of resistance."

"The world doesn't care about your plans."

"We're all complicit in the systems that oppress us."

"I'm not interested in being liked. I'm interested in being true."

"The past is never where you think you left it."

"I think silence is sometimes worse than speaking out."

"We live in a world that has forgotten how to dream."

"The real story is always more complicated than we think."

"I believe in the power of words to change things."

"What we need is not more technology, but more humanity."

"The greatest act of rebellion is kindness."

"I'm interested in the spaces between things, in what's not being said."

"We are all responsible for the world we create."

"The future is not something that happens to us. It's something we make."

"I think the most dangerous thing is apathy."

"We need to tell different stories about who we are."

"The world is not divided into good people and bad people. It's much more complicated than that."

"I believe in the possibility of change, even when it seems impossible."

"The real tragedy is not what happens to us, but what we do to each other."

"I'm interested in how power works, in its invisible mechanisms."

"We need to be braver in our thinking, in our writing, in our art."

"The world is made up of stories that we tell ourselves."

"I think love is an act of rebellion in a world that tries to make us hard."

"The greatest gift you can give someone is your attention."

"We are all exiles from the world we thought we knew."

"I believe in the power of small acts of resistance."

"The world is full of stories waiting to be told."

"What matters is not what we achieve, but who we become."

"I'm interested in the places where language breaks down."

"The most important thing is to stay true to yourself."