"I don't think I would do better books……" — Upamanyu Chatterjee
"I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons."
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Upamanyu Chatterjee
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14 Quotes by Upamanyu Chatterjee
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We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can…
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Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.
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I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a…
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It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.
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The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.
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Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look…
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Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot…
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Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has…
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More Amateurish Quotes
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one of 12 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.
— Edward Abbey
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Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was…
— Legs McNeil
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The life we all live is amateurish and accidental; it begins in accident and proceeds by trial and error toward…
— Wallace Stegner
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General knowledge may have to be slight or even amateurish knowledge, but it is none the less useful, and we…
— C. V. Wedgwood
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Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out…
— Ben E. King
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I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music…
— Patti Smith
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I wouldn't participate in 'Stars on Ice' if I were asked. I find it an amateurish tour in a way,…
— Johnny Weir
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Time eventually positions most photographs, even the most amateurish, at the level of art.
— Susan Sontag
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As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have…
— George Cukor
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The music we made then was so amateurish, compared to the rest of mainstream pop or rock and roll. But…
— Kevin Ayers
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We made satires of everything - news broadcasts and TV shows that we watched. When I look at them now,…
— Lev Yilmaz
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