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Writing Quotes by Ruskin Bond

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Ruskin Bond says a restless childhood can fuel a writer. He imagines each story as a film strip playing in his mind before he puts pen to paper. He prefers writing longhand and keeps his stories short, feeling they flow best when created in one continuous burst.

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I am a compulsive writer.

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I enjoy the process of writing.

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Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.

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Writing is the only thing I am good for.

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One has to be ambitious to start writing.

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

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If four or five days go by, and I haven't written anything, I feel incomplete.

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

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Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

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

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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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I enjoy writing personal essays in the way of Charles Lamb because it goes back to the school days when I was…

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In India, not enough importance is given to writing for children. And what could be more important than the enrichment of young…

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My mother wanted me to join the Indian army, as the army was seen as a decent and respectable career to have.…

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A lot of school-going children are familiar with my writing. I am basically very much a children books author.

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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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“As a boy, reading was my religion. It helped me to discover my soul. Later, writing helped me to record its journey.”

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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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It is okay to experiment with language. Writers such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf experimented with writing, but basically, one must have…

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It's nice to have awards from time to time. There was a time when I had to make a living from my…

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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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When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.

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

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I keep a big, fat dictionary with me while writing.

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I think every writer wants future generations to read what he has written.

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I write a story in my head. I see the story like a movie.

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In the '50s, '60s, '70s, before television became easily accessible, even the most well-known writers were not recognised. The writers remained mostly…

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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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I keep a journal, like many writers do. It helps in writing a story, as you can use an incident from the…

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I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts.…

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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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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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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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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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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…

There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and…

“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,…

I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects.

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

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I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me.

I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then…

But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees…

“A good monk would know that contentment is easier to attain than happiness, and that it is enough.”