269 Quotes by Ruskin Bond

The older you get, the lesser you are bothered by what others think.

When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.

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

I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.

I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me.

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.

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.

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?

As a schoolboy, I loved Charles Dickens. His 'David Copperfield' has had the strongest influence on me - I looked up to David Copperfield as a role model.