Vikas Swarup Quotes

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• 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?

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  Desire, Poverty, Wonder

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

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• The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

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  Despair, Better Life, Slums

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• That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

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  Dream, Over You, Mind

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel”, p.323, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

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  Book, Important, Sometimes

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• The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.

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  Hands, Brain, Use

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Q & A: A Novel”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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• Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

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  School, College, Doe

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• Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

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  Men, Judging, Action

  Vikas Swarup (2009). “Six Suspects: A Novel”, p.83, Macmillan

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• ...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

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  Rainy Day, Clouds, Monsoons

  Vikas Swarup (2005). “Q & A: A Novel”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Alcohol, Might, Whiskey

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Q & A: A Novel”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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• My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.

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  Book, People, Challenges

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• I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

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  Girl, Mother, Believe

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• A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

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  Artist, Fit, Genre

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Cheer, Smart, Home

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Q & A: A Novel”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.

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  Cities, Mumbai, May

  "Mumbai is my kind of city" by Vikas Swarup, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2008.

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• And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.

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  Real, Different, Life Is

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• One does not question a miracle.

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  Miracle, Doe

  Vikas Swarup (2008). “Slumdog Millionaire (MM MTI)”, Scribner

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• 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.

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  Writing, Imagination, Creative

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• God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.

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  Machines, Body, Obsolescence

  Vikas Swarup (2013). “The Accidental Apprentice”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Book, Light, Voice

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• The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.

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  Mind, World, Interiors

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• I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

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  Inspiration, Reading, Modern India

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• People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.

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  People, Want, Superstar

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• 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.

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  Dream, Sweet, Air

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• I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

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  Magic Realism, Bird, Realms

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• I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.

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  Rejection, Novelists, World

  "I'm the luckiest novelist in the world" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2009.

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