55 Ashwin Sanghi Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ashwin Sanghi

Indian Author

Born: Jan 25, 1969

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It is easy to club people together, but there are bound to be influences of authors you've read. I grew up reading fast paced authors such as Sidney Sheldon and Jeffrey Archer, but to say I'm one of them isn't true; my style is intrinsically my own. Ashwin Sanghi

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved. Characters are incidental. Ashwin Sanghi

Conflict Events Will Resolved Characters How Provide Incidental Series Start

There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish. Ashwin Sanghi

Challenges Overcome Will Finish Protagonist Race Who

I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving language where new words are being added to the dictionary, so I don't see any harm in experimenting with the language. Only poor editing standards need to be improved. Ashwin Sanghi

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What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers. Ashwin Sanghi

Me Heart Would Write Like Readers Ignored

Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right from page one. I'll consider myself a good storyteller the day people believe it's OK to be late for work or postpone deadlines just to finish reading my book. Ashwin Sanghi

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If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai. Ashwin Sanghi

Love Down Settle Would City Where Apart Mumbai

We can't deny that films have a bigger reach. After the popularity of the 'Slumdog Millionaire,' a lot of people started reading Vikas Swarup's 'Q & A'. From a business sense, films are a good tool to increase the number of readers. Ashwin Sanghi

I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.' Ashwin Sanghi

Writing Word Make Reader Sure Go Want Grips

Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths. Ashwin Sanghi

Indians Mythology Myths Because Been Bred Works

Mythopoeia has taken off in the Indian diaspora because there has been a change in readership from a mature audience to a younger one. This lot has a desperate yearning to reconnect. They want to consume mythology but in a well-packaged and easily digestible way. Ashwin Sanghi

I believe that the day one stops being spiritual, one ends up being religious. I live by the adage that the only certainty in life is death. We should, therefore, learn to live for the day and be content. Ashwin Sanghi

Admiration from my readers inspire me, and the only 'formula' I believe in towards making a good writer is: 'to thine own self be true!' Ashwin Sanghi

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I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he had to take a day off from work just so that he could finish reading it. Such kind of responses from my readers is extremely endearing, and it keeps me going. Ashwin Sanghi

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