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The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.

Vikas Swarup

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Vikas Swarup
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The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
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You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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One does not question a miracle.
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A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.
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And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
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The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.
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Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist.
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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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