Top 83 Quotes by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

About Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

These are some quotes by Indian author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Author, who was born in 1956.

I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works.

I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room.

To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India.

I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

'The Moonstone' was all I could have hoped for. A mysterious, cursed jewel, wrested from India, only to be stolen later from a great British mansion. Enigmatic, dangerous priests who follow it across the ocean in hopes of wresting it back.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I've been interested in dreams myself for a long time, and it's a big part of the Indian tradition, especially where I was brought up in Calcutta in my family, which is quite traditional.

I've been interested in dreams myself for a long time, and it's a big part of the Indian tradition, especially where I was brought up in Calcutta in my family, which is quite traditional.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Mahabharata might have been a great and heroic battle, but there are no winners. The losers, of course, lose.

The Mahabharata might have been a great and heroic battle, but there are no winners. The losers, of course, lose.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I'd also say I'm not a 'white' immigrant; a South Asian's experience is different than, say, a European immigrant's.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.

I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, 'Oh, don't tell us any more.'

In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, 'Oh, don't tell us any more.'

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters.

Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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