What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned riches, owned independence.

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.

What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning pockets one owned riches, owned independence.

When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious, it became a much more private process.