I was writing fiction steadily, but I found that the stark determinisms of code were a welcome relief from the ambiguities of literary narrative.

- Vikram Chandra

And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand. Metaphors turned beneath my fe…

- Vikram Chandra

Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we happy?' 'When we desire nothing an…

- Vikram Chandra

When you're a writer, sometimes you have to spend time poking at a part of yourself that normal, sane people leave alone.

- Vikram Chandra

The world is a story we tell ourselves about the world.

- Vikram Chandra

I think the first time you have to change code you’ve written previously, to add features or remove a bug, you realize that you could have done it be…

- Vikram Chandra