Akhil Quotes:

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.

source: - "This Week in Fiction: Akhil Sharma". Interview with Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. January 10, 2014.

Topics: Confused, Feelings, Wells

I was sitting on my own in a restaurant, when I saw a beautiful woman at another table. I sent her a bottle of the most expensive wine on the menu. She sent me a note: "I will not touch a drop of this wine unless you can assure me that you have seven inches in your pants." So I wrote back: "Give me the wine. As gorgeous as you are, I'm not cutting off three inches for anyone.

Topics: Beautiful, Wine, Cutting, Cutting Off

We are often unaware of how much we love the people around us. This is true for everyone. We may think that we love certain people, but we don't know how profoundly we love them.

source: - "This Week in Fiction: Akhil Sharma". Interview with Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. January 10, 2014.

Topics: Thinking, People, May

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

Topics: People, Make Sense, Biased

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

Topics: Thinking, America, Immigration, Coming To America