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13 quotes by Upamanyu Chatterjee

Upamanyu Chatterjee (Bengali: উপমন য চট ট প ধ য য ) (born 1959) is an Indian civil servant who currently serves as Joint Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Defence. He is a 1983 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from Maharashtra Cadre. He is a published author and best known for his novel English, August, also adapted into an acclaimed film of the same title.
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It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

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I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as... →

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Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my... →

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Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the... →

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Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels... →

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I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

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Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.

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The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

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I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

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So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

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Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.

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