Akhil Sharma quotes

It's easy when you grow up in fear to act out of fear. I don't want to embrace that fear; I prefer to be kind. (Akhil Sharma)

Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and I was constantly aware of how little I had managed to accomplish.

Akhil Sharma

My parents are deeply pious Hindus.

Akhil Sharma

During my breakdown, many things, tiny things I had not even registered before, had begun to torment me with guilt. I used to steal Splenda from Starbucks. I would go into a Starbucks whenever I needed the sweetener and would take a fistful of packets, even when I didn't buy a coffee.

Akhil Sharma

I am shamelessly biased about the people in my life, and it makes sense to me that other people are the same.

Akhil Sharma

I thought it was quite wonderful coming to America. I think immigration is a very difficult thing, but America is a very wonderful place.

Akhil Sharma

When someone gets a success, and we, too, have done good work and sometimes even better work than the person who has just triumphed, we wonder: 'Why did success pass me by?'

Akhil Sharma

We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true.

Akhil Sharma

Akhil Sharma

Occupation: Indian Author
Born: July 22, 1971
Quotes count: 8

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