“Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and I was constantly aware of how little I had managed to accomplish.” WritingYearsMindLittlesEndsLosesNovelGoneSevenAccomplishThirtySeven YearsSeventh Birthday Author:Akhil Sharma
“Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn't. The fact that something is true in the real world should not lend authority to it in fiction.” WorldShouldBookRealFactsFictionNovelAuthorityReal WorldJudged Author:Akhil Sharma
“People often need to describe things quickly and so they use a shorthand. The problem is that after they use a label, they begin to think only in terms of the label instead of the totality of the experience a novel provides.” PeopleThinkingNeedsUseProblemTermNovelLabelsTotalityShorthand Author:Akhil Sharma
