Kiran Desai Quotes about Writing

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

Honesty, Fear, Writing

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

Writing, Thinking, Law

"The Writer's Block Myth: A Guide To Get Past Stuck & Experience Lasting Creative Freedom". Book by Heloise Jones, 2017.

When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to.

Kiran Desai

Writing, Needs, Extremes

"A passage from India", www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2006.

If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars.

Kiran Desai

Writing, Light, Lovely

"Kiran Desai Talk Asia interview". Interview With Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 24, 2007.

The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from and I am lucky to be part of it.

Kiran Desai

Writing, Diaspora, Lucky

"The publishing world is pretty heinous: Kiran Desai". Interview with Nabanita Sircar, www.indiatoday.in. October 30, 2006.

I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I should write a cookbook' or, 'I should write for food magazines.' And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again.

Kiran Desai

Writing, Thinking, Cooking

Kiran Desai Quotes about Writing

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