Life Quotes

Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.

Vijay Singh

The way you play, you need to talk about winning. Don't talk about keeping your card - talk about winning.

Vijay Singh

An incident that left an impression on me was the 1999 sub-junior national boxing championship held in Calcutta. I had trained extremely hard to get there but got kicked out in the first round itself. 'If others can win, why can't you?' I repeatedly ...

Vijender Singh

I train for around 3-4 hours everyday. It can go up to 6-7 hours when a competition is approaching.

Vijender Singh

Sportspersons have to reinvent themselves every day. It helps them improve.

Vijender Singh

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

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 ...

Vikas Swarup

I need to meet people to be able to write.

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 don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

Vikram Seth

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

Vikram Seth

My main motivation is not to get bored. I'm just hoping I get a vaguely maverick reputation.

Vikram Seth

After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.

Vikram Seth

If somebody writes clearly, you can pretty much tell immediately if something is shallow or deep, whereas if they write with all this duckweed on the surface, you can't tell if the stream is one inch deep or a hundred fathoms.

Vikram Seth

I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

Vikram Seth

You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.

Vikram Seth

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

Vikram Seth