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"I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges."
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"I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be."
"Whenever he felt like giving up, plopping himself down, and dying (which was, like, every ten minutes), he reached over and took her hand, just to remember there was warmth in the world."
"Don't fellowship with people around you alone, explore and reach out to more people."
"I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit."
"The distance of a voice, is only a short time away from touch."
"You can only reach God through His creation."
"The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment He has scattered broadcast...The security we crave would teach us to rest our hearts in this world and oppose an obstacle to our return to God...Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home."
"We must step out of our digital avatars, and come together and have face-to-face dialogue as often as possible."
"We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away."
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"Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book."
"India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country."
"My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly."
"The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past."
"Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better."
"Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy."
"Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed."
"When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process."
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