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The speaker says that imagining characters and situations is central to her creative process. It gives her room to write with flexibility and freedom.
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About Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Indian-born American author and poet
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-born American author and poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her work has reached readers across fiction and poetry, and 107 quotes from her appear on this site. She is best known for Arranged Marriage, her short story collection, which won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels and one short story were adapted into films, extending her reach beyond the page into cinema.
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- “To some extent, I draw on what I see around me; in other places, I imagine what I write.”Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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- “I have a variety of readers from across the diasporic community, not just from South Asia. I like to write la…”Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- “I don't put much stock in remembering things. Being able to forget is a superior skill.”Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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