Top 13 Quotes by Upamanyu Chatterjee

About Upamanyu Chatterjee

These are some quotes by Indian author Upamanyu Chatterjee Public Servant, who was born in 1959.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.

Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.

I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?

Upamanyu Chatterjee

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

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