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I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate.
Ashwin Sanghi
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Ashwin Sanghi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 25
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What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyones ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be.
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After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.
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Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The story - and hence the extensive research that goes into each one of my books - is much more important than the words that I use to narrate it.
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The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.
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I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.
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What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers.
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There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.
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I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.
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