My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and I was constantly aware of how little I had managed to accomplish.
AKHIL SHARMAAlso, I have to assume that readers are sophisticated enough to know that not every person in a community is the same, and so there are many people who would not force an abortion just because a fetus is female.
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The babies have old souls and the old souls have to shrink to become little babies.
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It is hard to write about physically difficult things without causing the reader to disengage.
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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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The monsoon is such a dominant part of Indian life that it is hard to overstate its importance.
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Ernest Hemingway has been the most important influence on me as a writer. But at a certain point as a writer,
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I need to tell the things that are important but which don’t make sense in terms of the narrative, things that would destroy symmetry or narrative pace. This is my personal belief about what it means to write nonfiction.
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For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
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We all become afraid. We all look at others and think these other people are more fortunate than us.
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Also, I have to assume that readers are sophisticated enough to know that not every person in a community is the same, and so there are many people who would not force an abortion just because a fetus is female.
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Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind.
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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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Even within my stories, people hold opposing views.
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It’s easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don’t want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind.
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To me exposition always contains tenderness.
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One’s life completely changes based on the rain. After the monsoon, because the dust settles, one can see further and so it feels like one’s eyesight has improved or that one is living in a different country where there is more light.
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