Writer Quotes by Ruskin Bond

Writing is the only thing I am good for.

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I enjoy the process of writing.

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I am a compulsive writer.

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One has to be ambitious to start writing.

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I always look for a bookshop wherever I go.

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There will always be books as long as I am mentally capable of it.

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My first, 'Room on the Roof,' was the longest book I've written.

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I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read.

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I fortunately have a good memor, and that helps a lot in the way I write.

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I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

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“Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure.”

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I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.

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Whenever I run out of people to write about, I cook up a few ghosts, or they appear before me.

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I suppose in the long run, it's the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there's enough room for all kinds…

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I used to type, but now, typing or working with a computer, I get a stiff neck. So I prefer writing longhand.

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I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.

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When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite…

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When I ventured into writing at the age of 17, I wanted to be a good and successful writer. I just wanted…

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Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom…

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Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should…

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As a schoolboy, I loved Charles Dickens. His 'David Copperfield' has had the strongest influence on me - I looked up to…

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I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned…

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Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are…

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I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like…

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The more you write, the better you will write! So - keep at it!

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If I set out to write 'War And Peace' or 'A Suitable Boy,' I'd be miserable.

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Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

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If you enjoy your journey as a writer, you will never find it difficult to write.

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I'm not very good at writing fantasy or even reading it.

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I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

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I've never written specifically for children as such. I write to please myself, and if it is suitable, it gets printed as…

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I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy.

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If I'm really immersed in a story, I try to finish it in a few days. If it's a longer work, then…

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When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I…

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