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 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

India lends itself well to fictionalization, but ultimately, it all depends on the writer's imagination.

India lends itself well to fictionalization, but ultimately, it all depends on the writer's imagination.

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

One of the things that I am learning is that each generation will have its own negotiations with identity. And one generation can not necessarily help the other generation with it.

One of the things that I am learning is that each generation will have its own negotiations with identity. And one generation can not necessarily help the other generation with it.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

My favorite part was when my grandfather and I would make a special trip to Firpo's Bakery for red and green Christmas cookies and fruitcake studded with the sweetest cherries I've ever tasted. Usually Firpo's was too expensive for our slim budget, but Christmas mornings they gave a discount to any children who came in.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I'm a very senses-oriented person, and I want to bring readers in on the level of the senses, so they can experience another culture and another place.

I'm a very senses-oriented person, and I want to bring readers in on the level of the senses, so they can experience another culture and another place.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I took a little break after 'The Palace of Illusions' to clear my head.

I took a little break after 'The Palace of Illusions' to clear my head.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

It is an Englishman who turns out to be the real villain of 'The Moonstone.' By contrast, the three Indian priests who dedicate their lives to returning the jewel to its proper home in the temple, though they have nothing personal to gain by doing so, are positively heroic.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I'm too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up.

I'm too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

It's very important to balance things; it's imperative to do something for the society, and women in particular, and help women who aren't in position to help themselves.

It's very important to balance things; it's imperative to do something for the society, and women in particular, and help women who aren't in position to help themselves.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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