Ashwin Sanghi quotes

If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai. (Ashwin Sanghi)
I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publication was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways. View quote
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Writing helps me create a different world that I can escape to. View quote
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Though it is very easy to do valuations, eyeballs and brand prominence surveys, you should never allow any of them to influence the balance sheet. View quote
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We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers. View quote
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What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity. View quote
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I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say. View quote
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I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you. View quote
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I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the pages. The reader would also be looking for some out-of-the-ordinary revelations along the way. At the end of the day, I'm a writer who simply loves revealing stuff that is out-of-the-ordinary. View quote
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There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish. View quote
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Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm. (Ashwin Sanghi)
I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted. View quote
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While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and my job is simple to entertain you. View quote
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I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate. View quote
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I work in a business environment forty hours a week, and writing is what I do to unwind. It allows me to transport myself to a happy place where I can indulge my hopes, beliefs, aspirations and fantasies. It also allows me to live and breathe a topic for eighteen months while I'm researching and writing. View quote
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What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of discipline rather than creativity. You have to take everyones ideas and make it work. When you are dealing with money, there is a limitation on how creative you can be. View quote
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I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.' View quote
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Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The story - and hence the extensive research that goes into each one of my books - is much more important than the words that I use to narrate it. View quote
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In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits. View quote
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Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me. View quote
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When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations. (Ashwin Sanghi)
A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going. View quote
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After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor. View quote
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I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress. View quote
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I was learning book-keeping at the age of 12, but it never stopped me from pursuing literature. Over the years, I grew to love the written word. View quote
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