And until death comes, all is life. — Ruskin Bond

I have been apolitical all my life. — Ruskin Bond

As you grow older, life seems funnier. — Ruskin Bond

Nothing is insignificant; nothing is without consequence in the intricate web of life. — Ruskin Bond

I wouldn’t want a film to be made on my life, because I suppose I would only want them to show all the good things about me and hide the awful things, and that wouldn’t be a very honest biopic, no? — Ruskin Bond

I like flowers. In my next life, maybe I can be a gardener. — Ruskin Bond

Life had since become fast and cruel and unreflective, and people were too busy counting their gains to bother about the idols of their youth. — Ruskin Bond

The first condition of happiness is that a man must find joy in his work. Unless the work brings joy, the tedium of an aimless life can be soul–destroying. Something — Ruskin Bond

One has to be ambitious to start writing. — Ruskin Bond

Respect the language in which you write. Be kind, develop good vocabulary, and be creative in writing beautiful sentences. Your prose should be your poetry when you write. — Ruskin Bond

Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing. — Ruskin Bond

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing. — Ruskin Bond

I keep a journal, like many writers do. It helps in writing a story, as you can use an incident from the journal and put in your story. — Ruskin Bond

I enjoy writing personal essays in the way of Charles Lamb because it goes back to the school days when I was good in writing essays. — Ruskin Bond

When I ventured into writing at the age of 17, I wanted to be a good and successful writer. I just wanted to write good stuff–poems, prose, stories, essays, everything. — Ruskin Bond

I suppose in the long run, it’s the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there’s enough room for all kinds of writing. — Ruskin Bond

I think I’m from the 18th century, not even the 19th. I don’t even use a typewriter. I prefer longhand, and that’s how I submit my manuscripts to my publishers. — Ruskin Bond

Sometimes good stories are created while documenting dreams. — Ruskin Bond

I write a story in my head. I see the story like a movie. — Ruskin Bond

There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and distant relatives. They have to be distant, though; otherwise, you’ll be in trouble. — Ruskin Bond

I mostly write short stories. They are best written in a continuous creative process. You have a feel of immediacy. — Ruskin Bond

For the film ‘Saat Khoon Maaf,’ which was adapted from my story ‘Susanna’s Seven Husbands,’ I did collaborate on the screenplay. I even took a small role in the film, of a priest. — Ruskin Bond

You don’t have to lie if you know how to withhold the truth. — Ruskin Bond

We said nothing for some time but we couldn’t have been more eloquent. — Ruskin Bond

Books of exploration have always fascinated me, like somebody going up the Amazon for the first time. — Ruskin Bond

It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape. — Ruskin Bond

I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with it. — Ruskin Bond

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages. — Ruskin Bond

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies. — Ruskin Bond

It is supposed to be in very bad taste to discuss a person behind his back; and to discuss a dead person behind his back is most unfair, for he cannot even retaliate. — Ruskin Bond

I liked the old comic books, especially the funny ones like ‘Popeye’ and ‘Beetle Bailey.’ — Ruskin Bond

On books and friends I spend my money; For stones and bricks I haven’t any. — Ruskin Bond

Films and books have been intertwined as far as my growing up is concerned. — Ruskin Bond

My first, ‘Room on the Roof,’ was the longest book I’ve written. — Ruskin Bond

The books that I wrote in my late teens and 20s, the little love stories, they were right from the heart. — Ruskin Bond

I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops. — Ruskin Bond

Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book–those invisible listeners with whom we wish to strike a sympathetic chord. — Ruskin Bond