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" I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while. "
Vikas Swarup
Became
Birds
Angry
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" People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply. "
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" 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. "
Vikas Swarup
End
Fast
Surprise
" 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. "
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Away
First
" 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 person that existed before it. "
Vikas Swarup
Brand
Success
Believe
" 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
Values
Defend
Fight
" I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy. "
Vikas Swarup
Am
Nor
I Am
" I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk. "
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I Am
Magic
Where
" I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination. "
Vikas Swarup
I Can
Writing
Imagination
" Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city. "
Vikas Swarup
Kind
May
Mumbai
" The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind. "
Vikas Swarup
Interior
World
Writer
" I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller. "
Vikas Swarup
Myself
Look
I Am
" 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 weekends. "
Vikas Swarup
Weekends
Why
Me
" The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life. "
Vikas Swarup
Life
Working
Better
" Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense. "
Vikas Swarup
Education
Wisdom
Someone
" Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge. "
Vikas Swarup
Book
Street
Knowledge
" Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket. "
Vikas Swarup
Attention
Speed
Cricket
" I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother. "
Vikas Swarup
Win
Girl
Mother
" 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
Survive
Back
Choice
" I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time. "
Vikas Swarup
World
I Am
Disappear
" 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
Daily
Reading
Inspiration
" 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 preserved. "
Vikas Swarup
Say
Book
I Am
" I'm the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched. "
Vikas Swarup
Who
Believe
Cannot
" Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart. "
Vikas Swarup
Culture
Heart
History
" Global terror does not respect national boundaries. "
Vikas Swarup
Terror
Boundaries
Global