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I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'Collection: Ashwin
When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.Collection: Ashwin
There is a method to the madness of James Patterson's success. Co-writing with him is a terrific learning experience, particularly in the art of crafting a perfect thriller. The collaboration also gives me an opportunity to access a wider global audience.Collection: Ashwin
When I wrote 'The Rozabal Line,' I had no preconceived notions of what a commercial bestseller should be. I have always viewed 'The Rozabal Line' as my first love and probably my best work. The fact, however, is that it is my least read work.Collection: Ashwin
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.Collection: Ashwin
It is no secret that I have read 'The Da Vinci Code' several times. I genuinely believe that 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels And Demons' are, by far, Brown's best works.Collection: Ashwin
I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.Collection: Ashwin
If I use the word 'khichdi' in my novel, I don't have to get into the trouble of explaining that it is a dish of rice and lentils. My Indian readers know it.Collection: Ashwin
Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths.Collection: Ashwin
Mythopoeia has taken off in the Indian diaspora because there has been a change in readership from a mature audience to a younger one. This lot has a desperate yearning to reconnect. They want to consume mythology but in a well-packaged and easily digestible way.Collection: Ashwin
Of all the writers I have read, Vladimir Nabokov has made the biggest impression on me because he, despite living through the 1917 February Revolution, forced exile amidst the anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany, the two World Wars and quite a lot of controversy, was an author who never gave up.Collection: Ashwin
I believe that the day one stops being spiritual, one ends up being religious. I live by the adage that the only certainty in life is death. We should, therefore, learn to live for the day and be content.Collection: Ashwin
Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'Collection: Ashwin
I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going.Collection: Ashwin
We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.Collection: Ashwin
I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.Collection: Ashwin
After preliminary research, I zero in on an idea, and then I spend at least four months exploring the topic and in plot-building. I jot down every single detail of the plot as bullet points per chapter, and only when the skeleton is complete do I start writing.Collection: Ashwin
I feel luck plays a vey crucial role in determining the success of the book. Marketing a book is also very important. You need to try all tricks in the trade.Collection: Ashwin
What is divine? Simply that which man has not yet been able to understand. Once understood, it ceases to be divine.Collection: Ashwin
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for disappointment with every success that you deliver because with every success you raise your readers' expectations.Collection: Ashwin
I love fiction that sounds like fact. As a matter of fact, I also like fact that sounds like fiction.Collection: Ashwin
Would the fish have ever been caught if it had kept its mouth shut?Collection: Ashwin
Did God create man, or did man create God? Either way, the decision needs to be reviewed.Collection: Ashwin
My wife is troubled by the things I forget. I am troubled by the things she recollects.Collection: Ashwin
The first thriller ever? It was probably one from 1697. It was called 'Little Red Riding Hood.'Collection: Ashwin
While I can't walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky.Collection: Ashwin
My life is ruled by four W's: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order.Collection: Ashwin
Everyone talks about moderation. How about some moderation in moderation?Collection: Ashwin
The first paragraph of my book must get me my reader. The last paragraph of a chapter must compel my reader to turn the page. The last paragraph of my book must ensure that my reader looks out for my next book.Collection: Ashwin
Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.Collection: Ashwin
My greatest qualification for writing fiction was my ability to lie with a straight face as a child.Collection: Ashwin
Writing is possibly an art, but crime writing is definitely a craft.Collection: Ashwin
Mythology is a set of primitive lies that people rarely believe. This is rather different from history, which is a set of lies that people actually believe.Collection: Ashwin
I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet.Collection: Ashwin
J. K. Rowling's first 'Harry Potter' manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King's 'Carrie' was rejected 30 times. 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all.Collection: Ashwin
There is one person who can help solve 'writer's block'. His name is Mr. Johnnie Walker.Collection: Ashwin
Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.Collection: Ashwin
Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end.Collection: Ashwin
Physicists explain creation by telling us that the universe began with the Big Bang, an intense energy singularity that continued expanding. But who created the singularity?Collection: Ashwin
I don't want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.Collection: Ashwin
In Kolkata is a temple where the deity worshipped is Amitabh Bachchan. The daily aarti is performed to the chanting of the Amitabh Chaleesa. And people still ask, 'Could our mythological heroes be based on actual people who once lived?'Collection: Ashwin
I was told that Ganesha sat between Lakshmi and Saraswati. My quest to attain the blessings of both goddesses explains my physique.Collection: Ashwin
In India, we never distinguished between history and myth. Our Puranas as well as Itihasas contain fantastical tales. They are lies that convey deeper truths.Collection: Ashwin
It's foolish to call Chanakya an Indian Machiavelli. Rather, Machiavelli was possibly an Italian Chanakya.Collection: Ashwin
Take the first A out of Abraham and put it at the end. You get Brahama. There's the ancient connection right there.Collection: Ashwin
Omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous and omnipresent all begin with Om.Collection: Ashwin