I don't think I knew I would be a writer. I wanted to become a writer, and I tried to write. Romesh Gunesekera More Quotes by Romesh Gunesekera More Quotes From Romesh Gunesekera Who controls the present controls the past. There's a power structure, if you like, between the present and the past and the future, and that's what I'm interested in. Romesh Gunesekera youfuturepowerpast A novel means a new way of doing a story. If you go back the origins of a novel, 'Clarissa' - that's not a novel; it's just a bunch of letters. But it isn't! Because it's organised in a particular way! A novel is what you make of it. Romesh Gunesekera newstoryyouway Language is the means by which we negotiate our relationship with time. Romesh Gunesekera ourlanguagetimerelationship I believe if a sentence is to retain its strength over time, it needs to be carefully made. Romesh Gunesekera i-believestrengthtimebelieve People who read fiction are different from other people because they are people who are interested in an imagined world. Romesh Gunesekera whodifferentpeopleworld I don't think there ever will be a biopic on me! I would much like some of my books to be made into films. Romesh Gunesekera willlikethinkme With 'Noontide Toll', I wanted to cater to a single story but also collectively more than a single story. Romesh Gunesekera thanmorestorysingle
