Quotes from Ravi Subramanian

My favourite authors are Jeffrey Archer, for his story telling skills; John Grisham, for the completely new genre he created; and James Patterson, for the way he created a new business model out of writing.

As authors, we know that it is very difficult to unleash one's creativity.

The distribution might which Penguin brought to the table and the stature they gave me as an author is unparalleled.

People think writing is a very distinguished, cerebral thing, where all you do is write. It doesn't work that way. People have to see online promotions, see piles of your book in stores, and you have to make sure the guy recommends it!

When you write stories linking reality to a big storyline, people relate to it better.

To me, a good storyteller should be able to tell stories across genres.

A lot of things that I write about have happened to people around me, if not necessarily to me or in the organizations I've worked in. Having said that, it's fiction and has a lot to do with my imagination and creativity.

Write something that you are comfortable with. Do not venture into something that you do not want to write about, because gradually, your discomfort with the subject will begin to show.

If you see in all my books, I have two key intentions. One is obviously to entertain and make sure that the reader has a good reading experience. I also try to write on subjects that nobody has dealt with before to make my works different from other page turners.

Books should be both enlightening and entertaining.

I would like to implore all the governments of the world to come together to form a protocol to regulate virtual currency.

I write largely plot-driven stories.

I've always wanted to write, but coming from a small-town background - I was born and brought up in Ludhiana - you think you're not the kind of literary person who will write books that will sell. There was always a kind of defensiveness in me.

I can write in my living room with my wife and kid around.

It is almost impossible to win back a reader's loyalty once it's gone.