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 interviewed a lot of people in India, and I asked my mother to send me a lot of Bengali books on the tradition of dream interpretation. It's a real way for me to remember how people think about things in my culture.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

To achieve important things, we have to sacrifice what's important to us. That's an idea that's very central to Indian thinking.

To achieve important things, we have to sacrifice what's important to us. That's an idea that's very central to Indian thinking.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

My grandfather was a very strong personality. He certainly ruled his household with an iron fist, even though it was often gloved in velvet!

My grandfather was a very strong personality. He certainly ruled his household with an iron fist, even though it was often gloved in velvet!

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

A book can be wonderful and powerful and accessible and artful all at the same time.

A book can be wonderful and powerful and accessible and artful all at the same time.

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

I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone.

I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books.

India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

By the time we're adults, our ideas have solidified. So I wanted to write for a younger audience, who would perhaps love heroes from other cultures.

By the time we're adults, our ideas have solidified. So I wanted to write for a younger audience, who would perhaps love heroes from other cultures.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

In Western dream interpretation, it's often connected to psychotherapy and looking at the personality and what's going on in your life. In Eastern dream telling, many times there's this idea of a special gift. And without this gift, you could study and study, but you'd never really become an effective dream teller.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

If you look back at the great classics and the epics and myths, they were for everyone. Different people got different things from them, but everyone was invited to participate.

If you look back at the great classics and the epics and myths, they were for everyone. Different people got different things from them, but everyone was invited to participate.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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