Ernest Hemingway has been the most important influence on me as a writer. But at a certain point as a writer,
AKHIL SHARMAIntern will resonate not only with doctors, but with anyone who has struggled with the grand question ‘What should I do with my life?’ In a voice of profound honesty and intelligence,
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The little babies are missing their families from their past lives.
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Why do people always think hurting others is all right, as long as they hurt themselves as well?
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While a dramatized scene is a way of proving and guaranteeing an emotional experience for the reader, exposition assumes that the reader is sophisticated and can see the universal.
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Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind.
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For me, a lot of the humor comes not from innocence but from characters trying to figure out how to get what they need. I don’t try to be funny, but am relieved when an opportunity comes up for humor.
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I can guide them to books that will serve as role models. Largely, though, one learns to write almost like developing muscle memory, and this requires years of effort.
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When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: Why did success pass me by?
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My parents are deeply pious Hindus.
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The babies have old souls and the old souls have to shrink to become little babies.
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Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn’t. The fact that something is true in the real world should not lend authority to it in fiction.
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To me exposition always contains tenderness.
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Certainly the details of our life are unique. Spending time thinking of how I am different from someone else, however, does not tend to be very productive.
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The monsoon is such a dominant part of Indian life that it is hard to overstate its importance.
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For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
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As a teacher, I can help my students see what is working and not working. I can show them certain solutions.
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