We are often unaware of how much we love the people around us. This is true for everyone. We may think that we love certain people, but we don't know how profoundly we love them. Akhil Sharma lovepeopleprofoundly Change image and share on social
I don't really revise. I tend to rewrite. Akhil Sharma reviserewritetend Change image and share on social
Writing about what happened to my brother and to my family was awful. It was hard to look back at how much suffering there was and at how certain bad situations were made worse by our decisions. Akhil Sharma awfulbackbad Change image and share on social
When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: 'Why did success pass me by?' Akhil Sharma goodpasperson Change image and share on social
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had taken me 12-and-a-half years to write, and after being with the book for so long, I had no real perspective on the merits or demerits of what I had written. I hoped it was good, but feared that it wasn't. Akhil Sharma bookdecidedemerit share on social
I think immigrants, when they're stressed, think that there's something wrong with America, when it's really just difficult to leave a country and all that you know. Akhil Sharma americacountrydifficult Change image and share on social
We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. Akhil Sharma actbeingconfuse share on social
It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind. Akhil Sharma acteasyembrace Change image and share on social