Oral storytelling goes back so long ago, and those stories that were told orally were always layered and changed with time.

It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come after a bad day, I can decide that my protagonist will die on page 100 of my novel in a 350-page story.

Mythology works... because Indians have been bred on myths.

A book and a movie are different animals. You need a cinematic perspective to be involved in the motion pictures. And this is something I lack.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.

In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people.