When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. - Anita Desai
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.
- Anita Desai
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old … - Anita Desai
India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old …
...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can … - Anita Desai
...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can …
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a … - Anita Desai
Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a …
What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned rich… - Anita Desai
What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned rich…
I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth. - Anita Desai
I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.
When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already thinking about the ending. - Anita Desai
When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already thinking about the ending.
People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way. - Anita Desai
People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards int… - Anita Desai
The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards int…
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