"One has to be ambitious to start writing." — Ruskin Bond

I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned savings - say, some two-three lakhs - and getting your book printed. It's not published; it's printed!

Small places intrigue me. Whenever I tried moving to a larger city, I ran back to the hills.

I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects.

I'm a pickle fiend. I like all kinds of pickles: garlic pickle, lemon pickle, mango pickle, jackfruit pickle, you name it.

Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.

The books that I wrote in my late teens and 20s, the little love stories, they were right from the heart.

Holidays can become tedious without something to read.

If you enjoy your journey as a writer, you will never find it difficult to write.

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One has to be ambitious to start writing.