Ruskin Bond Quotes

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Ruskin Bond

Profession : Author

Birth : May 19, 1934

I like flowers. In my next life, maybe I can be a gardener.

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I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with it.

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Jokes apart, I, like many other, am looking for strong and stable government. I don't want any chaotic political situation where the elected government is being toppled frequently.

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My first, 'Room on the Roof,' was the longest book I've written.

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Yes, I do seek solitude, but I am never lonely.

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Children haven't changed - the world around them has. Their basic natures haven't changed. They like ice creams. They like to have fun, play games if they get space.

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If I set out to write 'War And Peace' or 'A Suitable Boy,' I'd be miserable.

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I'm a pickle fiend. I like all kinds of pickles: garlic pickle, lemon pickle, mango pickle, jackfruit pickle, you name it.

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As a schoolboy, I loved Charles Dickens. His 'David Copperfield' has had the strongest influence on me - I looked up to David Copperfield as a role model.

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In the '50s, '60s, '70s, before television became easily accessible, even the most well-known writers were not recognised. The writers remained mostly an anonymous lot then.

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Small places intrigue me. Whenever I tried moving to a larger city, I ran back to the hills.

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A few years after my father's death, my mother sent me to the United Kingdom for 'better prospects' in 1951. Those four years were not easy.

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It's nice to have awards from time to time. There was a time when I had to make a living from my writing, and it wasn't always easy. I value awards a lot - and more so if there is a little cash with them!

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I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.

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My mother wanted me to join the Indian army, as the army was seen as a decent and respectable career to have. I shocked my mother by telling her that I wanted to be a writer.

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I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned savings - say, some two-three lakhs - and getting your book printed. It's not published; it's printed!

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One has to be ambitious to start writing.

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I always look for a bookshop wherever I go.

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I have been apolitical all my life.

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I have no real regrets.

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