The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final conclusion isn't that life is wonderful and everything is bright and cheery and in the garden.
I am dissatisfied with everything I have ever written and regard it all only as a preparation for that one work which probably I don't have it in me … - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
I am dissatisfied with everything I have ever written and regard it all only as a preparation for that one work which probably I don't have it in me …
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits. - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.
India always changes people, and I have been no exception - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
India always changes people, and I have been no exception
The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck. - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck.
The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final … - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final …
Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time that you feel grateful for what they'… - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time that you feel grateful for what they'…
All my early books are written as if I were Indian. In England, I had started writing as if I were English; now I write as if I were American. You ta… - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
All my early books are written as if I were Indian. In England, I had started writing as if I were English; now I write as if I were American. You ta…
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