Ashwin Sanghi Quotes - Page 2

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!'

After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.

I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.

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.

I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word.

I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.

A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something I lack.

I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving language where new words are being added to the dictionary, so I don't see any harm in experimenting with the language. Only poor editing standards need to be improved.

What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers.

Oral storytelling goes back so long ago, and those stories that were told orally were always layered and changed with time.

My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year.

Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths.

In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people.

It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come after a bad day, I can decide that my protagonist will die on page 100 of my novel in a 350-page story.

To remain standing one often has to fall.

I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be anything from a biography to a classic - to me every week and ask me to write a piece on what I thought about it. On the other hand, my mother used to love reading thrillers and bestsellers.

Battles are won and lost before they are fought.

Vish, the creator; and Shiv, the destroyer, are simply two faces of the very same coin.

O Rakshas, everything is always all right in the end. If it isn't all right, then it isn't the end

If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.

The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.