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.

I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publicatio n was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways.

We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

My attention span is very limited, and I watch just one or two movies a year.

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