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.

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.

Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as athletes who practice a sport every day to keep their skills honed.

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

Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood?

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.

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.