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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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"You don't need a ball to play football; all you need is a strong wish! After then, you can use even a stone as a ball! For all other things you want to do, all you need is a strong wish!"

"What needs to be done must be done. With grace, it will be done."

"Don't give up! Remember, we love to be enchanted by flowers in bloom. but don't forget that it took many rainy days to achieve such beauty. Your bloom is coming!"

"Don't be ruled by your past. Don't be crippled by the past. Let the past be the past and focus on what is ahead. Remember however that if you neglect the most essential lessons of the past, you shall walk into the future with one leg."

"Make every moment of life a moment of joy."

"They told me it was impossible so I tried and failed. Then I tried again and again until I made it possible."

"Think as if failure is not a possibility."

"With perseverance and endurance you can survive any storm."

"May you find renewed energy, courage and hope to pursue new adventures."

"Don't let anybody try to change who you are, because at the end of the day, you are the one who must live with yourself."
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"I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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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