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In my twenties, I wrote a lot of romantic stories in which I always lost the girl.
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Change has to come. It's not always what you'd like. It's what other people like.
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I used to type, but now, typing or working with a computer, I get a stiff neck. So I prefer writing longhand.
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I've never written specifically for children as such. I write to please myself, and if it is suitable, it gets printed as a children's book.
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I've lived in small rooms, flats, growing plants in pots on window sills. I'd have liked to have had a full-fledged garden with all kinds of flowers and plants. I've never had enough money to buy a big enough garden space.
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I keep a journal, like many writers do. It helps in writing a story, as you can use an incident from the journal and put in your story.
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Jokes apart, I, like many other, am looking for strong and stable government. I don't want any chaotic political situation where the elected government is being toppled frequently.
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For the film 'Saat Khoon Maaf,' which was adapted from my story 'Susanna's Seven Husbands,' I did collaborate on the screenplay. I even took a small role in the film, of a priest.
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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 won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like a film strip running in my head. I guess that is also a reason why my books have such a visual element to them. And it's what I tell young writers: plan your story ahead.
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One of the very first ghost stories I read - and that was in a forest rest house, where it is a bit scarier - was by M.R. James. He is one of the pioneers of ghost stories. And the book was called 'Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary.'
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I wrote 'Time Stops at Shamli' in 1956, shortly after 'The Room on the Roof' was published, and I couldn't find anyone to publish it.
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A few years after my father's death, my mother sent me to the United Kingdom for 'better prospects' in 1951. Those four years were not easy.
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As a schoolboy, I loved Charles Dickens. His 'David Copperfield' has had the strongest influence on me - I looked up to David Copperfield as a role model.
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I think I'm from the 18th century, not even the 19th. I don't even use a typewriter. I prefer longhand, and that's how I submit my manuscripts to my publishers.
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I have been naturally inclined towards mountains, trees, flowers, and rivers.
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The Nehru years were rather very peaceful years. A lot happened in those years: dams were built, five-year plans were made, Chandigarh was built in front of my eyes. Those were the years I grew up in.
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It's nice to have awards from time to time. There was a time when I had to make a living from my writing, and it wasn't always easy. I value awards a lot - and more so if there is a little cash with them!
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I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.
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There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and distant relatives. They have to be distant, though; otherwise, you'll be in trouble.
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I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with it.
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When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.
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The transition from an English father to a Punjabi stepfather demanded an adjustment that was far from easy for a 10-year-old boy who had just lost his father.
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Whenever I run out of people to write about, I cook up a few ghosts, or they appear before me.
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My mother wanted me to join the Indian army, as the army was seen as a decent and respectable career to have. I shocked my mother by telling her that I wanted to be a writer.
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I suppose in the long run, it's the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there's enough room for all kinds of writing.
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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 may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.
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I enjoy writing personal essays in the way of Charles Lamb because it goes back to the school days when I was good in writing essays.
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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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The ghost story is a popular genre of mine and is particularly adaptable to the visual media.
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If I'm really immersed in a story, I try to finish it in a few days. If it's a longer work, then it would take a few months.
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It is okay to experiment with language. Writers such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf experimented with writing, but basically, one must have a familiarity with the language. And to have that, one must respect it.
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