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I need to meet people to be able to write.
Vikas Swarup
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Vikas Swarup
Age: 54
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I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.
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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.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar they want to connect more deeply.
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I did not go to any creative writing workshop I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.
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For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.
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I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.
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My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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Love doesn't happen in an instant. It creeps up on you and then it turns your life upside-down. It colours your waking moments and fills your dreams. You begin to walk on air and see life in brilliant new shades. But it also brings with it a sweet agony, a delicious torture.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
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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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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
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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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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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I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it.
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...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.
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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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