269 Quotes by Ruskin Bond

When it comes to loving and living and dying, there is no such thing as being modern and fashionable. Some things will never change. For it isn’t time that’s passing by, my friend; it is you and I.

When I write I just keep a waste paper basket handy in case I am experiencing a block.

I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies.

She was always ready with her smile, and would willingly have lent it to anyone who was feeling unhappy.

Until death comes, all is life.

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.

I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don’t believe in ghosts. Never saw one.

The European languages have their strengths, but for the purposes of cursing out loud you can’t beat some of the Indian languages for range and originality.

I have made no attempt at chronology. My writing hasn’t changed much over the years. That’s because I haven’t changed. I am still the impractical dreamer that I was sixty years ago, when I decided that writing would be my vocation and my profession. I do not suffer from writer’s block. I have only to sit down at my desk for the words to come tumbling on to my writing pad. And if an ant moves across my desk, I shall record its transit.