I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too. Ruskin Bond Read Quote
Instead of becoming a great shikari, as my mother and stepfather might have wished, I had become an incurable bookworm and was to remain one for the rest of my life. Ruskin Bond Read Quote
The transition from an English father to a Punjabi stepfather demanded an adjustment that was far from easy for a 10-year-old boy who had just lost his father. Ruskin Bond Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops. Ruskin Bond Read Quote
I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then Thomas Cook and Sons. The last job was particularly interesting, but I got fired from it. Ruskin Bond Read Quote