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Ruskin Bond

Profession : Author

Birth : May 19, 1934

No, I don't want to be a brand. Brand means I cannot go out for a quiet walk without tourists and fans constantly following me.

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I have been naturally inclined towards mountains, trees, flowers, and rivers.

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I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

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The books that I wrote in my late teens and 20s, the little love stories, they were right from the heart.

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I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then Thomas Cook and Sons. The last job was particularly interesting, but I got fired from it.

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I wanted to be a tap dancer when I was very young.

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I find it very lucky to be an Indian and living in India.

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If you live in America, you need a gun, and I am not very fast with a gun, so I think I would walk out very quickly.

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There will always be books as long as I am mentally capable of it.

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I can't live in a room without a window.

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When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.

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I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

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Instead of becoming a great shikari, as my mother and stepfather might have wished, I had become an incurable bookworm and was to remain one for the rest of my life.

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I wouldn't want a film to be made on my life, because I suppose I would only want them to show all the good things about me and hide the awful things, and that wouldn't be a very honest biopic, no?

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I'm rather fond of my awards.

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I think every writer wants future generations to read what he has written.

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I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.

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I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read.

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I like talking to visitors, especially children.

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When I ventured into writing at the age of 17, I wanted to be a good and successful writer. I just wanted to write good stuff - poems, prose, stories, essays, everything.

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