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 thought it was quite wonderful coming to America. I think immigration is a very difficult thing, but America is a very wonderful place. Akhil Sharma americacomedifficult Change image and share on social
I don't really revise. I tend to rewrite. Akhil Sharma reviserewritetend Change image and 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
I think that books are fundamentally educational. Akhil Sharma bookeducationalfundamentally 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 am shamelessly biased about the people in my life, and it makes sense to me that other people are the same. Akhil Sharma biaslifemake Change image and share on social
'Family Life' is a blueprint of my life. It was horrible and physically gruesome in a way the book doesn't attempt to capture. It was emotionally very bleak. Akhil Sharma attemptbleakblueprint Change image and share on social