For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true.
AKHIL SHARMAFor 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.
More Akhil Sharma Quotes
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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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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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The little babies are missing their families from their past lives.
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Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender.
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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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I tend to think that we are all pretty much alike. We all feel despair. We all have problems with relationships.
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To me exposition always contains tenderness.
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Even within my stories, people hold opposing views.
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Intern 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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My parents are deeply pious Hindus.
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I can’t have composite characters. I can’t attribute dialogue to someone based simply on my memory and not based on notes taken at the time that the words were spoken.
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Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind.
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The babies have old souls and the old souls have to shrink to become little babies.
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As a human being living one’s life, one is more open to relief when there is rain or the expectation of rain. That readiness for hope gets manifested in my stories and that of many other Indian writers.
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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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