269 Quotes by Ruskin Bond

My desk is right next to my bed. So I sit on my bed. I write in a big notebook which is on the desk. And if I feel drowsy, I just have to slide into bed.

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.

I've never written specifically for children as such. I write to please myself, and if it is suitable, it gets printed as a children's book.

I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like a film strip running in my head. I guess that is also a reason why my books have such a visual element to them. And it's what I tell young writers: plan your story ahead.

I'm not very good at writing fantasy or even reading it.

No, I don't want to be a brand. Brand means I cannot go out for a quiet walk without tourists and fans constantly following me.

A lot of school-going children are familiar with my writing. I am basically very much a children books author.

Writing for children may have kept me young at heart.