amitava roy::Arundhati roy : pretty old i think amitava roy

amitava roy::Arundhati roy : pretty old i think.
He turned out to be an absolutely charming, unemployed, broke, irreverent alcoholic.
Miss mitten, a terrifying australian missionary, was my teacher.
She would tell me on a daily basis that she could see satan in my eyes.
I think her knickers are torn.
Guernica : how has that early view changed or become refined in specific ways in the years since?
As i said, it was just the beginnings of the recognition of pleasure.
A sentence can be like that.
Language is like that.
It takes a while to become yours, to listen to you, to obey you, and for you to obey it.
I have a clear memory of language swimming towards me.
Of my willing it out of the water.
Guernica : as far as writing is concerned, do you have models, especially those that have remained so for a long time?
Arundhati roy : do i have models?
There are so many wonderful writers, my ancestors that have lived in the world.