I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
If four or five days go by, and I haven't written anything, I feel incomplete. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Whenever I run out of people to write about, I cook up a few ghosts, or they appear before me. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I think every writer wants future generations to read what he has written. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I used to type, but now, typing or working with a computer, I get a stiff neck. So I prefer writing longhand. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“As a boy, reading was my religion. It helped me to discover my soul. Later, writing helped me to record its journey.” — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
A lot of school-going children are familiar with my writing. I am basically very much a children books author. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I suppose in the long run, it's the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there's enough room for all kinds… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to join the Indian army, as the army was seen as a decent and respectable career to have.… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
In India, not enough importance is given to writing for children. And what could be more important than the enrichment of young… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing personal essays in the way of Charles Lamb because it goes back to the school days when I was… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
It is okay to experiment with language. Writers such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf experimented with writing, but basically, one must have… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
When I ventured into writing at the age of 17, I wanted to be a good and successful writer. I just wanted… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts.… — 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
I keep a journal, like many writers do. It helps in writing a story, as you can use an incident from the… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
If you enjoy your journey as a writer, you will never find it difficult to write. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned… — 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
In the '50s, '60s, '70s, before television became easily accessible, even the most well-known writers were not recognised. The writers remained mostly… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I fortunately have a good memor, and that helps a lot in the way I write. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“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 Image
I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
