Top 34 Quotes by Vikas Swarup

About Vikas Swarup

These are some quotes by Indian author Vikas Swarup Novelist.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

Vikas Swarup

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

Vikas Swarup

I need to meet people to be able to write.

I need to meet people to be able to write.

Vikas Swarup

I'm the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched.

I'm the opposite of those writers who believe that my work is sacrosanct and cannot be touched.

Vikas Swarup

It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no choice but to survive and move on. But it is the manner in which different cities respond to emergencies that sets them apart.

Vikas Swarup

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

Vikas Swarup

Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense.

Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense.

Vikas Swarup

Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.

Vikas Swarup

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

Vikas Swarup

Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.

Vikas Swarup

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