Words matter. These are the best Vikas Swarup Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.
Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
I don’t look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller.
Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
People don’t just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
I’m the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched.
Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.
India may be the soul of world cricket, but IPL is its commercial heart. Just as ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ changed the ground rules for quiz shows by injecting a massive dose of money into the equation, IPL has changed the dynamics of the cricket economy.
Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense.
I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I’m associated with ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I’m the same person that existed before it.
I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.
I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It’s very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
I need to meet people to be able to write.
Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn’t awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn’t disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
The writer’s is an interior world, a world of the mind.
I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi’s St Stephen’s. I am an Allahabad boy.
