Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Born: May 7, 1927
Died: April 3, 2013 (aged 85)
Bio: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
Known for:
- Heat and Dust (1975)
- Out of India (1986)
- Esmond In India (1958)
- The nature of passion (1956)
- In Search of Love and Beauty (1983)