Ruskin Bond Quotes

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Ruskin Bond

Profession : Author

Birth : May 19, 1934

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

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From the age of 17 through my 20s, I was living on my own, so sometimes I wouldn't even tell anybody it was my birthday. It was not a big thing for me.

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Change has to come. It's not always what you'd like. It's what other people like.

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Ghosts are all around us. Look for them, and you will find them.

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Solitude helps you reflect.

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As you grow older, life seems funnier.

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A lot of school-going children are familiar with my writing. I am basically very much a children books author.

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The older you get, the lesser you are bothered by what others think.

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Sometimes good stories are created while documenting dreams.

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It's amazing to dwell in the world of fantasy and fear.

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I am a sleepy fellow. I will take a nice long nap the first chance I get.

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When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.

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I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me.

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Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should be your poetry when you write.

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The transition from an English father to a Punjabi stepfather demanded an adjustment that was far from easy for a 10-year-old boy who had just lost his father.

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One of the very first ghost stories I read - and that was in a forest rest house, where it is a bit scarier - was by M.R. James. He is one of the pioneers of ghost stories. And the book was called 'Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary.'

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I wrote 'Time Stops at Shamli' in 1956, shortly after 'The Room on the Roof' was published, and I couldn't find anyone to publish it.

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I've lived in small rooms, flats, growing plants in pots on window sills. I'd have liked to have had a full-fledged garden with all kinds of flowers and plants. I've never had enough money to buy a big enough garden space.

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I am hopeless with machinery. I could never learn to drive a car except into a wall.

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Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

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