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Ashwin Sanghi Quotes

Indian - Author | January 25, 1969 -

Write when drunk. Edit when sober. Marketing is the hangover.

Drunk Marketing Sober Write Hangover

I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publication was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways.

Life Truth World Truth Is Rejection

The relationship between critic and writer is similar to the one between the pigeon and the statue.

Relationship Statue Critic Pigeon

Mythology is a set of primitive lies that people rarely believe. This is rather different from history, which is a set of lies that people actually believe.

History People Believe Mythology Set

Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.

Action Target Dangerous Anticipation

I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.

Alone People Me Skills Meet Improve

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

Day I Am Writing Start End Chapter

Would the fish have ever been caught if it had kept its mouth shut?

Fish Mouth Caught Been Would Shut

The average human attention span was 12 seconds in 2000 and 8 seconds in 2013. A drop of 33%. The scary part is that the attention span of a goldfish was 9 seconds, almost 13% more than us humans. That's why it's getting tougher by the day to get people to turn the page. Maybe we writers ought to try writing for goldfish!

Day People Writing Attention Page

Humankind would improve if we concentrated less on being human and more on being kind.

Kind More Human Being Human Improve

There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.

Challenges Will Race Overcome Finish

Omniscient, omnipotent, omnivorous and omnipresent all begin with Om.

Begin Omniscient Omnipotent

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