Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy.

It has always been very difficult for writers to survive commercially in India because the market was so small. But that's not true at all any more. It's one of the world's fastest growing and most vibrant markets for books, especially in English.

In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating.

But isn't it likely that everyone in this world...has killed someone or other on their way to the top?...All I wanted was a chance to be a man--and for that, one murder is enough.

A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop.

A White Tiger keeps no friends. It's too dangerous.