Quotes by Vikas Swarup

About Vikas Swarup:

Vikas Swarup is an Indian writer and diplomat who is best known as the author of the novel Q & A, adapted in film as Slumdog Millionaire, the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards.
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.

Vikas Swarup

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 perso...

Vikas Swarup

It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no choice but to survive and move on. But it is the manner in which different cities respond to emergencies that sets them apart.

Vikas Swarup

The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.

Vikas Swarup

Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.

Vikas Swarup

I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller.

Vikas Swarup

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the 'Hindustan Times.'

Vikas Swarup

People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.

Vikas Swarup

For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on ...

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I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.

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I need to meet people to be able to write.

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I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

Vikas Swarup

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

Vikas Swarup

I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

Vikas Swarup

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.

Vikas Swarup

Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions; you want your stream of thought uninterrupted.

Vikas Swarup

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 p...

Vikas Swarup

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.

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The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.

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My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.

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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

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Author Bio

  • NameVikas Swarup
  • DescriptionIndian novelist and diplomat
  • Born1961
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionAuthor; Diplomat