The whole privatisation of health and education, of natural resources and essential infrastructure - all of this is so twisted and so antithetical to anything that would place the interests of human beings or the environment at the center of what ought to be a government concern - should stop. The amassing of unfettered wealth of individuals and corporations should stop. The inheritance of rich people's wealth by their children should stop. The expropriators should have their wealth expropriated and redistributed.

I really worry about these political people that have no personal life. If there's nothing that's lovely, and if there's nothing that's just ephemeral, that you can just lie on the floor and bust a gut laughing at, then what's the point?

There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.

The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.

By then Esthappen and Rahel had learned that the world had other ways of breaking men. They were already familiar with the smell. Sicksweet. Like old roses on a breeze.

I stand by what I write and follow through on what I write.