A biography for Ravi Subramanianhasn’t been written yet.
“It is important to send your work to as many publishers as possible. For every one publisher who may show interest in your work, there will be at least five who will reject you.”
“One shouldn't say yes in desperation to the first publisher who approaches. New authors especially should wait and weigh their deal and agree only when they are sure that they have landed themselves a good offer.”
“I believe any fiction writer is inspired by real life.”
“A self-confessed fan of Harlan Coben, I find it difficult to not read a new Harlan Coben novel the week it comes out.”
“For 'The Bestseller'... there was hardly any research, but I had to give each person a quirk and develop their stories so that it would relate to who they are.”
“I have a day job where I make money and satisfy my self-esteem. Writing is for fun, and I want to keep it that way.”
“I would like to implore all the governments of the world to come together to form a protocol to regulate virtual currency.”
“If a reader likes a particular author, they keep reading all his books, and if the supply is not kept up, then the reader shifts his loyalties.”
“If somebody says that they want to write a book but do not know what to write about, they will never write a book.”
“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.”
“It's not research if you're really interested in what you're reading.”
“When you write, you put your thoughts in the public space. You get both positive and negative feedback.”
“Bitcoin is complex: the entire private and public key issue, the transfers, the mining of bitcoins... but if you tell it as fiction, people would understand and remember.”
“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!”
“I'm an executive director at a company which gives out retail loans.”
“Most MBA graduates are hungry for intellectual glamour.”
“Books marketing has moved from the review culture to a preview culture.”
“You need to be the CEO of your own book.”
“For me, writing is fun. The day I quit my job and take up writing full time, writing will become just another job. A commercial necessity.”
“The distribution might which Penguin brought to the table and the stature they gave me as an author is unparalleled.”