Sudha Murty Quotes

Sudha Murty

Profession : Educator

Birth : August 19, 1950

If I wasn't an engineer, I would have been a film journalist.

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I wanted to become an engineer and I believed in myself. I was the lone girl to enrol for engineering studies, then. But the college provided me an opportunity to excel in my life.

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During my younger days, we didn't have digital media or electronic gadgets the way we do now. So the best part of my day was the one I spent either in listening to stories from my elders or reading them.

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I happily watch movies made on the life and achievement of others.

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Increasing the sale of liquor may benefit the government in terms of revenue. But liquor is a social evil, and its biggest victims are women and their children.

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In my work, 80 per cent of the time people cheat, they run away with money, they lie but there are good things too. And I choose to write about the good and positive things.

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There have been plenty of experiences that I wished to write about but found them to be somewhat similar to each other. Later I realised that though they are of similar nature but each of them has changed me in a different way.

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Planning things is neither my cup of tea nor my choice. Same applies to books too.

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The day I stopped drinking milk' is a very sensitive story telling the tale of how we forget what is 'normal' for us falls under the category of 'expensive' or 'unaffordable' for middle or poor class.

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Most people share a yearning to be something bigger than them. Something they can be excited about and something that will challenge them to go beyond being average.

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Nobody owns the money he/she possesses. They hold it just as a trustee.

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It's lovely to write for the youngsters because through your story, you can teach them the lessons of life.

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Everything I write is mostly relatable to everyone and since everyone cannot write, they feel like Sudha Murthy is writing their story. I am your writer next-door.

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I am a creative person and watching a movie is like writing a story. So when I see a movie, I also see the editing, the music, the camera angles, etc.

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My grandfather was a history teacher, one reason the subject has been an integral part of my life.

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Sometimes, my reading choices are defined by the place I'm travelling next.

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I was a very naughty kid, who'd say 'I'd write tomorrow.'

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When something comes to my mind, I finish a book within 15-20 days.

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I am a complete movie buff who still prefers to go for the late night show and seldom watch movies at home.

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