“I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and ...” — Chetan Bhagat Quote

“I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I'm frankly overwhelmed by the number of books in most of them, and I know people are buying mine.”

“The younger generation is surrounded by the Internet, apps, and video games. But somehow, my books make them read.”

“I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.”

“I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel, read 2,000 of her poems and immediately began composing in my head. I wrote down the melodies even before I got to a piano.”

“We're conditioned to let businesses fail, regardless of how much we like them. We believe that if the market doesn't want that bookstore to exist, then it shouldn't exist.”

“Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore.”