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Anita Desai

"People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way."

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Donna Grant

"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

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"The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone."

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

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"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

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"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them."

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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."

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"If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people."

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Anita Desai
"I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth."

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"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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Anita Desai
"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."

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"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."

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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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"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."

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Anita Desai
"People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way."

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Anita Desai
"I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges."

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Anita Desai
"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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Anita Desai
"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."

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