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Nov 07, 2020

Solitude helps you reflect.

Nov 07, 2020

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

Must
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Nov 07, 2020

It is okay to experiment with language. Writers such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf experimented with writing, but basically, one must have a familiarity with the language. And to have that, one must respect it.

Even
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Nov 07, 2020

In the '50s, '60s, '70s, before television became easily accessible, even the most well-known writers were not recognised. The writers remained mostly an anonymous lot then.

Dreams
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Nov 07, 2020

Sometimes good stories are created while documenting dreams.

Nov 07, 2020

Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.

Nov 07, 2020

One has to be ambitious to start writing.

Miserable
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Nov 07, 2020

If I set out to write 'War And Peace' or 'A Suitable Boy,' I'd be miserable.

City
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Nov 07, 2020

Small places intrigue me. Whenever I tried moving to a larger city, I ran back to the hills.

First
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Nov 07, 2020

My first, 'Room on the Roof,' was the longest book I've written.

Nov 07, 2020

There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and distant relatives. They have to be distant, though; otherwise, you'll be in trouble.

Compulsive
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Nov 07, 2020

I am a compulsive writer.

Book
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Nov 07, 2020

I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned savings - say, some two-three lakhs - and getting your book printed. It's not published; it's printed!

Nov 07, 2020

I keep a journal, like many writers do. It helps in writing a story, as you can use an incident from the journal and put in your story.

Girl
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Nov 07, 2020

I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me.

Real
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Nov 07, 2020

I have no real regrets.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I like flowers. In my next life, maybe I can be a gardener.

Go
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Nov 07, 2020

I always look for a bookshop wherever I go.

My Life
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Nov 07, 2020

All my works over the years have been autobiographical in the sense they reflect some part of my life, although I have fictionalised them to an extent.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

Books of exploration have always fascinated me, like somebody going up the Amazon for the first time.

Others
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Nov 07, 2020

The older you get, the lesser you are bothered by what others think.

Nov 07, 2020

I enjoy writing personal essays in the way of Charles Lamb because it goes back to the school days when I was good in writing essays.

Look
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Nov 07, 2020

Ghosts are all around us. Look for them, and you will find them.

Ghosts
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Nov 07, 2020

Whenever I run out of people to write about, I cook up a few ghosts, or they appear before me.

Media
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Nov 07, 2020

The ghost story is a popular genre of mine and is particularly adaptable to the visual media.

Loner
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Nov 07, 2020

I used to consider myself a loner.

Feel
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Nov 07, 2020

Many people told me such convincing ghost stories that I felt that there really were ghosts, though I hadn't seen any. And though I still haven't seen a ghost, I feel that they are all around us; we are just not aware of them being there.

Forest
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Nov 07, 2020

One of the very first ghost stories I read - and that was in a forest rest house, where it is a bit scarier - was by M.R. James. He is one of the pioneers of ghost stories. And the book was called 'Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary.'

Nov 07, 2020

For the film 'Saat Khoon Maaf,' which was adapted from my story 'Susanna's Seven Husbands,' I did collaborate on the screenplay. I even took a small role in the film, of a priest.

More
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Nov 07, 2020

It's nice to have awards from time to time. There was a time when I had to make a living from my writing, and it wasn't always easy. I value awards a lot - and more so if there is a little cash with them!

Loved
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Nov 07, 2020

As a schoolboy, I loved Charles Dickens. His 'David Copperfield' has had the strongest influence on me - I looked up to David Copperfield as a role model.

Far
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Nov 07, 2020

Films and books have been intertwined as far as my growing up is concerned.

Lot
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Nov 07, 2020

I fortunately have a good memor, and that helps a lot in the way I write.

Fine
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't overwork - a couple of hours a day is fine for me.

Nov 07, 2020

If I'm really immersed in a story, I try to finish it in a few days. If it's a longer work, then it would take a few months.

Now
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Nov 07, 2020

I used to type, but now, typing or working with a computer, I get a stiff neck. So I prefer writing longhand.

Big
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Nov 07, 2020

My desk is right next to my bed. So I sit on my bed. I write in a big notebook which is on the desk. And if I feel drowsy, I just have to slide into bed.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects.

Nov 07, 2020

I think I'm from the 18th century, not even the 19th. I don't even use a typewriter. I prefer longhand, and that's how I submit my manuscripts to my publishers.

Children
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Nov 07, 2020

I've never written specifically for children as such. I write to please myself, and if it is suitable, it gets printed as a children's book.

Down
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Nov 07, 2020

I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like a film strip running in my head. I guess that is also a reason why my books have such a visual element to them. And it's what I tell young writers: plan your story ahead.

Big Thing
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Nov 07, 2020

From the age of 17 through my 20s, I was living on my own, so sometimes I wouldn't even tell anybody it was my birthday. It was not a big thing for me.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm a pickle fiend. I like all kinds of pickles: garlic pickle, lemon pickle, mango pickle, jackfruit pickle, you name it.

Fountain
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Nov 07, 2020

I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with it.

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm not very good at writing fantasy or even reading it.

Go
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Nov 07, 2020

No, I don't want to be a brand. Brand means I cannot go out for a quiet walk without tourists and fans constantly following me.

Children
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Nov 07, 2020

A lot of school-going children are familiar with my writing. I am basically very much a children books author.

Flowers
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Nov 07, 2020

I have been naturally inclined towards mountains, trees, flowers, and rivers.

Looking
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Nov 07, 2020

Jokes apart, I, like many other, am looking for strong and stable government. I don't want any chaotic political situation where the elected government is being toppled frequently.

Living
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Nov 07, 2020

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

Heart
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Nov 07, 2020

Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

Late
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Nov 07, 2020

The books that I wrote in my late teens and 20s, the little love stories, they were right from the heart.

Drive
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Nov 07, 2020

I am hopeless with machinery. I could never learn to drive a car except into a wall.

Library
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Nov 07, 2020

When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.

Father
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Nov 07, 2020

A few years after my father's death, my mother sent me to the United Kingdom for 'better prospects' in 1951. Those four years were not easy.

Job
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Nov 07, 2020

I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then Thomas Cook and Sons. The last job was particularly interesting, but I got fired from it.

Nov 07, 2020

I wanted to be a tap dancer when I was very young.

India
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Nov 07, 2020

I find it very lucky to be an Indian and living in India.

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

If you live in America, you need a gun, and I am not very fast with a gun, so I think I would walk out very quickly.

Days
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Nov 07, 2020

I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

There will always be books as long as I am mentally capable of it.

Nov 07, 2020

I can't live in a room without a window.

More
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Nov 07, 2020

When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.

Love
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Nov 07, 2020

I love to sleep.

Hold
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Nov 07, 2020

I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

Instead of becoming a great shikari, as my mother and stepfather might have wished, I had become an incurable bookworm and was to remain one for the rest of my life.

Demanded
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Nov 07, 2020

The transition from an English father to a Punjabi stepfather demanded an adjustment that was far from easy for a 10-year-old boy who had just lost his father.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

I wouldn't want a film to be made on my life, because I suppose I would only want them to show all the good things about me and hide the awful things, and that wouldn't be a very honest biopic, no?

I Am
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Nov 07, 2020

I am a sleepy fellow. I will take a nice long nap the first chance I get.

Fond
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Nov 07, 2020

I'm rather fond of my awards.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

Children haven't changed - the world around them has. Their basic natures haven't changed. They like ice creams. They like to have fun, play games if they get space.

Change
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Nov 07, 2020

Change has to come. It's not always what you'd like. It's what other people like.

Enough Money
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Nov 07, 2020

I've lived in small rooms, flats, growing plants in pots on window sills. I'd have liked to have had a full-fledged garden with all kinds of flowers and plants. I've never had enough money to buy a big enough garden space.

Future
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Nov 07, 2020

I think every writer wants future generations to read what he has written.

Nov 07, 2020

I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.

I Remember
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Nov 07, 2020

I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read.

Like
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Nov 07, 2020

I like talking to visitors, especially children.

Everything
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Nov 07, 2020

When I ventured into writing at the age of 17, I wanted to be a good and successful writer. I just wanted to write good stuff - poems, prose, stories, essays, everything.

Funny
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Nov 07, 2020

I liked the old comic books, especially the funny ones like 'Popeye' and 'Beetle Bailey.'

Crime
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Nov 07, 2020

Occasionally, I have written about stories related to crime, but I have never attempted a traditional detective story. So I want to write a true detective story.

Made
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Nov 07, 2020

The Nehru years were rather very peaceful years. A lot happened in those years: dams were built, five-year plans were made, Chandigarh was built in front of my eyes. Those were the years I grew up in.

Indian
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Nov 07, 2020

My mother wanted me to join the Indian army, as the army was seen as a decent and respectable career to have. I shocked my mother by telling her that I wanted to be a writer.

Been
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Nov 07, 2020

I have been apolitical all my life.

Me
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Nov 07, 2020

I've noticed people in India have developed a habit of hugging around people. I don't understand it now. I wanted to be hugged when I was young. Now, if someone wants to hug me, I feel only claustrophobic.

Long
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Nov 07, 2020

I suppose in the long run, it's the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there's enough room for all kinds of writing.

Girl
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Nov 07, 2020

In my twenties, I wrote a lot of romantic stories in which I always lost the girl.

Life
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Nov 07, 2020

As you grow older, life seems funnier.

Lonely
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Nov 07, 2020

Yes, I do seek solitude, but I am never lonely.

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