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> [Perhaps I'm just fickle by nature and get tired of countries the way other women do of husbands or lovers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/perhaps-i-m-just-fickle-by-nature-and-get-tired-of-countries-the-way/)

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## More by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

> [I only really woke up in India. It was my first experience of plenty, strangely enough, because everything in England was rationed. I loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/i-only-really-woke-up-in-india-it-was-my-first-experience-of-plenty/)

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> [Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/film-is-not-like-a-book-it-s-not-a-writer-s-baby-at-all-so-many/)

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> [It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/it-s-technically-extremely-difficult-to-get-down-what-you-really-mean/)

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> [The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/the-misfortune-to-be-born-when-i-was-where-i-was-that-was-a-piece-of/)

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> [I always find the first thing that really bothers me when I start a screenplay is, I have to find a different form. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/i-always-find-the-first-thing-that-really-bothers-me-when-i-start-a/)

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> [I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/i-never-really-had-any-close-friends-in-india-and-i-felt-a-terrible/)

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> [First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude, too. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/first-i-was-so-dazzled-and-besotted-by-india-people-said-the-poverty/)

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> [Perhaps I'm just fickle by nature and get tired of countries the way other women do of husbands or lovers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/perhaps-i-m-just-fickle-by-nature-and-get-tired-of-countries-the-way/)

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> [All my early books are written as if I were Indian. In England, I had started writing as if I were English; now I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/all-my-early-books-are-written-as-if-i-were-indian-in-england-i-had/)

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> [I am dissatisfied with everything I have ever written and regard it all only as a preparation for that one work which probably I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/i-am-dissatisfied-with-everything-i-have-ever-written-and-regard-it/)

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> [I'm not interested in who am I. I'm interested in what's gone, the disinheritance, what I've been able to become or learn or fuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/i-m-not-interested-in-who-am-i-i-m-interested-in-what-s-gone-the/)

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> [Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/westernized-indians-don-t-like-my-books-and-i-tend-not-to-like/)

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> [I like characters who are larger-than-life, whether life-loving women or the artist or guru who grabs everything. But I don't live among people like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/i-like-characters-who-are-larger-than-life-whether-life-loving-women/)

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> [The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/the-older-books-were-quite-light-hearted-but-i-think-most-of-my/)

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> [India was a sensation. It was remarkable to see all those parrots flying about, the brilliant foliage and the brilliant sky. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-prawer-jhabvala/india-was-a-sensation-it-was-remarkable-to-see-all-those-parrots/)

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