Akhil Sharma quotes

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. (Akhil Sharma)
Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. 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. View quote
Akhil Sharma
My parents are deeply pious Hindus. View quote
Akhil Sharma
During my breakdown, many things, tiny things I had not even registered before, had begun to torment me with guilt. I used to steal Splenda from Starbucks. I would go into a Starbucks whenever I needed the sweetener and would take a fistful of packets, even when I didn't buy a coffee. View quote
Akhil Sharma
I am shamelessly biased about the people in my life, and it makes sense to me that other people are the same. View quote
Akhil Sharma
I thought it was quite wonderful coming to America. I think immigration is a very difficult thing, but America is a very wonderful place. View quote
Akhil Sharma
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?' View quote
Akhil Sharma
We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. View quote
Akhil Sharma