Books of exploration have always fascinated me, like somebody going up the Amazon for the first time. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them.… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Time Stops at Shamli' in 1956, shortly after 'The Room on the Roof' was published, and I couldn't find anyone… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
It's nice to have awards from time to time. There was a time when I had to make a living from my… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“Adventure is when a child crawls across the floor, grabs the leg of a chair, and stands up for the first time. ” — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Hapiness is as exclusive as a butterfly, and you must never pursue it. If you stay very still, it may come and… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep’, it is good to have someone to lean on from time to… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
'live long my friend,be wise and strong, but do not take from any man his song' — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
“As Grandfather used to say, 'In a crowd, everyone plays follow-the leader, even when they don't know who's leading.” — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like a film… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
“All of us need just one good accomplishment in order to get by. Obviously he can't spend the rest of his life climbing trees,… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
“Nandprayag is a place that ought to be famous for its beauty and order. For a mile or two before reaching it we had… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
“A good monk would know that contentment is easier to attain than happiness, and that it is enough.” — Ruskin Bond Copy Share
