I want to make sense of things, to understand the world, but my work is never really instructional. I have no wisdom to impart or give, so I think my dream readers would be people who just use the book… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
What fiction does is bring you closer to the essence of truth, as opposed to simply giving you the truth. And there's no knowing truth. Truth seekers are all charlatans. You can only feel the truth of something. — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Everything you draw is influenced. It's like yogurt. You need a little bit to start the next batch. — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledge.… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in, and not capable of, direct politics. What I can do - I try to figure out the underlying principles. I'm… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
People are infinitely more interesting than characters that I come up with. Because the characters I come up with are basically combinations of people… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
As a non-western artist, you have to ask yourself a question fairly early in your life: do I want to become a bridge maker,… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
The most important part of a city is its people. In fact, people for me are like little cities. When you meet someone, it's… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers; they don't… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
There are different reasons why people write: for themselves, or for other writers, or to get prizes, or keeping an audience in mind. In… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time of my… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
I feel history is more of a story than a lesson. I know this idea of presentism: this idea of constantly evoking the past… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
People are interested in relevant stories. In big events. But I'm not interested in big things; I'm interested in the smaller details of life. — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
