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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
Vikas Swarup
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Vikas Swarup
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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 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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I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.
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The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard.
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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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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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A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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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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Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives
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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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