Anita Desai Quotes

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 country.
Anita Desai

History, Past, Country

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 sport every day to keep their skills honed.
Anita Desai

Someone, Writing, Same

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.
Anita Desai

Feeling, Book, Write

Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.
Anita Desai

Love, Best, School

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.
Anita Desai

Truth, Tell, Aim

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.
Anita Desai

Try, Between, Story

Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better.
Anita Desai

Thinking, System, Exist

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.
Anita Desai

Work, Writing, Try

People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
Anita Desai

Trying, Write, India

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 into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.
Anita Desai

Family, History, Past

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.
Anita Desai

Family, Young, Used

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Born: June 24, 1937

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