Book Quote by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.

— Ashwin Sanghi

I think most Native American literature is unreadable by the vast majority of Native Americans. Generally speaking Indians don't read books. It's not a…

— Sherman Alexie

I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.

— Winston Churchill

For so long, the world has viewed West Indian culture as semiliterate and backward, which it is not. In my work, I have tried…

— Derek Walcott

If you're a particular kind of kid who hasn't found your tribe, which most of us don't until later, that's what books become.

— Leigh Bardugo

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…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

There was no audience for my books. The Indians didn't regard me as an Indian and North Americans couldn't conceive of me of a…

— Bharati Mukherjee

I'm very attracted to Indians.

— Elizabeth Hurley

West Indian cultural mentality and a North American life equals the perfect balance.

— Melanie Fiona

The Indians seemed to be living in a place and in a way that was of immense importance to me. So I associate learning…

— W. S. Merwin

I haven't read hardly any Westerns, to tell you the truth.

— Patrick deWitt

People are rushed and inspired by the success of Indian writers, and are falling over themselves to write novels. Every Indian is writing a…

— Karan Mahajan