I need to tell the things that are important but which don't make sense in terms of the narrative, things that would destroy symmetry or narrative pace. This is my personal belief about what it means to write nonfiction. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
People often need to describe things quickly and so they use a shorthand. The problem is that after they use a label, they begin to think only in terms of the label instead of the totality of the experience a… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
The little babies are missing their families from their past lives. The babies have old souls and the old souls have to shrink to… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
As a teacher, I can help my students see what is working and not working. I can show them certain solutions. I can guide… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world, and my parents are the most extraordinary father and mother. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn't. The fact that something is true in the real world should not… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
“We have to keep trusting God. We can’t just trust God when he’s doing what we want. We have to trust him even when… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
It is hard to write about physically difficult things without causing the reader to disengage. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
During my breakdown, many things, tiny things I had not even registered before, had begun to torment me with guilt. I used to steal… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
“History repeats itself and mine is full of failures, so I am not surprised.” — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
