I'm the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched. Vikas Swarup More Quotes by Vikas Swarup More Quotes From Vikas Swarup The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life. Vikas Swarup slums better-life despair I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are born. Is an existence without desire very desirable? And is the poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself? Vikas Swarup poverty wonder desire That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others Vikas Swarup over-you mind dream Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge. Vikas Swarup important sometimes book The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs. Vikas Swarup use brain hands God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence. Vikas Swarup obsolescence machines body I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination. Vikas Swarup creative imagination writing My books may highlight corruption, brutality and venality, but they also show that if these things come to light, there is rectification. The voiceless do have a voice; democratic mechanisms and accountability do exist. Vikas Swarup voice light book I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk. Vikas Swarup magic-realism realms bird A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre. Vikas Swarup genre fit artist I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times. Vikas Swarup modern-india inspiration reading People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply. Vikas Swarup superstar want people One does not question a miracle. Vikas Swarup miracle doe You should take a good look at all sides of an issue before making a decision. Put something away in case of an emergency. New neighbors will bring good cheer. A small problem may occur at home base, but you will solve it quickly and correctly. Don't offer smart advice unless you are really asked to comment. Vikas Swarup smart cheer home The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard. Vikas Swarup whiskey alcohol might ...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life. Vikas Swarup monsoons rainy-day clouds Love doesn't happen in an instant. It creeps up on you and then it turns your life upside-down. It colours your waking moments and fills your dreams. You begin to walk on air and see life in brilliant new shades. But it also brings with it a sweet agony, a delicious torture. Vikas Swarup air dream sweet Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart. Vikas Swarup kyoto style heart The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind. Vikas Swarup interiors mind world The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard. Vikas Swarup desperate notes firsts
