Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.

All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.

Genes cannot tell us how to catalogue or comprehend human diversity. Environments can, cultures can, geographies can, histories can.

Australia always gives a tough fight, and that's why every player wants to perform against Australia. When you perform against Australia, England, and South Africa, you automatically earn more respect.

I want to be part of the team that wins a Test series in England and Australia.

I think character is very much a product of where you live, who you are, what is happening in that time of your life, and I'm interested in those pressures, those forces. A political context, a social context, really determines if not who people are then how they treat one another and what they say, how they speak.

I think any life can be interesting, any surroundings can be interesting. I don't think I could have been so brave if I had been living in a town, competing with people on what can be called a generally higher cultural level.

There is nothing quite like an Ashes trip Down Under.

I respect Test cricket a lot. Once I got into the Test team, I learnt so much about international cricket and realised it's not so different.

Design and branding are inextricably linked to the way in which society, culture, the environment, and business interact.

My dream is to play Test cricket.

Just in a matter of eight months to win the U-19 World Cup as captain and then make the Test team is quite unreal.

I love playing England. The teas at Lord's are good quality.

I am trying to take my ODI confidence to Test cricket.

I do love the Ashes and some of my best memories are from Ashes cricket. I just wish we'd played a few more Test matches.

In the past, I bowled at players like Michael Atherton, Alec Stewart, Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

Playing cricket in England is what I am looking forward to, and I would love to bowl at Lord's again.

Whenever you play international cricket, there is always a challenge.

Lord's is a special place. I used to love watching games there as a youngster and I've been fortunate enough to play a couple of games there.

Representing England has always been a privilege and my decision to take a break from Test cricket at the end of the home summer was made to ensure that, hopefully, I can do it for a lot longer.

We had thousands of people outside Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. We would wait to get inside to watch a Test at six o'clock in the morning.

It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.