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Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.
~ Anita Desai
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I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.
~ Anita Desai
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Aim
Any
Avoid
Fantasy
Romance
Subject
Tell
Truth
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I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.
~ Anita Desai
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Characters
Connection
Emerges
Plot
Story
Trace
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Way
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India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.
~ Anita Desai
Becomes
Country
Curious
History
How
India
Matter
Modern
Much
Old
Old Country
Past
Place
Preserves
Religions
Still
Very
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Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better.
~ Anita Desai
Air
Better
Caste
Characters
Exist
He
India
Many
Novel
People
Representative
Represents
Superiority
System
Things
Thinking
Types
Western
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My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.
~ Anita Desai
Allow
Own
Story
Structure
Style
Too
Try
Unfold
Work
Writing
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People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
~ Anita Desai
About
Because
I Write
India
Must
People
Portray
Think
Trying
Way
Write
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Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.
~ Anita Desai
Athletes
Day
Effort
Every
Every Day
Keep
Little
Make
Practice
Same
Sense
Should
Skills
Someone
Something
Sport
Wants
Who
Write
Writing
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The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past.
~ Anita Desai
Ancestors
Back
Backwards
Begins
Believe
Book
Digging
Ends
Family
Family History
Felt
Give
Going
History
I Believe
I Believe In
Impression
Past
Tunnel
Visits
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Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.
~ Anita Desai
Accomplished
Actually
Because
Becomes
Book
Disappointment
Feeling
Follows
Hoped
However
Motivation
Next
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When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.
~ Anita Desai
Became
Family
Got
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Much
Older
Private
Process
Self-Conscious
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BirthDate
24 June, 1937
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