When you read Chekhov, everything has an even gray tone. When you read 'Family Life', everything has an even white tone. It is almost like when you paint on paper, and you can see the paper through the paint. Akhil Sharma chekhovfamilygray 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
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. Akhil Sharma accomplishapproachaware 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
My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world, and my parents are the most extraordinary father and mother. Akhil Sharma extraordinaryfathermother Change image and share on social
During my breakdown, many things, tiny things I had not even registered before, had begun to torment me with guilt. I used to steal Splenda from Starbucks. I would go into a Starbucks whenever I needed the sweetener and would take a fistful of packets, even when I didn't buy a coffee. Akhil Sharma beginbreakdownbuy share on social
I think that books are fundamentally educational. Akhil Sharma bookeducationalfundamentally Change image and 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
I think one can be more honest in fiction than in a memoir. Akhil Sharma fictionhonestmemoir Change image and share on social
