List of Anita Desai Quotes

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.

People Think That Because I Write About India I Must Be Trying To Portray India In A Way.

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.

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.

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.

My Style Of Writing Is To Allow The Story To Unfold On Its Own. I Try Not To Structure My Work Too Rigidly.

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.

I Try To Trace The Connection Between The Characters And That Way A Story Or Plot Emerges.

The Wheel Turns And Turns And Turns: It Never Stops And Stands Still.

Do You Know Anyone Who Would - Secretly, Sincerely, In His Innermost Self - Really Prefer To Return To Childhood?

...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 Risk Being.

I Aim To Tell The Truth About Any Subject, Not A Romance Or Fantasy, Not Avoid The Truth.