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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."
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"Never, never doubt who you are!"

"Success requires preparation and persistence effort."

"Always walk toward the direction of your love."

"Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it."

"You are an achiever, aim high."

"There is moderation even in excess."

"It always feels good and comforting to relax whilst there is work to be done but, it feels fulfilling to work hard, overcome slothfulness and challenges with tenacity and achieve your aim when you should have relaxed."

"Travel steadily in your define path."

"Without strength can we work?"

"The only people who experience no resistance are the unambitious and the dead. If you feel no resistance in your life, you need greater goals or you need to check your pulse. Life and movement come with resistance. Don't be discouraged by it, be strengthened by it."
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"I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."
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