“Write in pictures. With your words, let the reader see not letters, but images. Be specific about every detail, but don't describe… — A.A. Patawaran Books Copy Share Image
“Sound gives life to our words just as well as the images they conjure up and the sound is there, whether or… — A.A. Patawaran Language Copy Share Image
“Grammar to a writer is to a mountaineer a good pair of hiking boots or, more precisely, to a deep-sea diver an… — A.A. Patawaran Grammar Copy Share Image
“Words are music to the ears, alone or together, with or without melody.” — A.A. Patawaran Language Copy Share Image
“Every story is a ride to some place and time other than here and now. Buried in an armchair, reclined on a… — A.A. Patawaran Reading books Copy Share Image
“And yet—and yet—she enchants me, intrigues me, draws me like sin to hellfire. The infernal regions in the hollow between her breasts,… — A.A. Patawaran Amsterdam Copy Share Image
“And because the world is too big and time is too short and you only have one life to live, read!” — A.A. Patawaran Life Copy Share Image
“The heart is a repository of emotions--real, imagined, and invented, owned and borrowed, past, present, future--and there in your chest, operating at… — A.A. Patawaran Past present Copy Share Image