I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you.

If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.

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

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

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

I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be anything from a biography to a classic - to me every week and ask me to write a piece on what I thought about it. On the other hand, my mother used to love reading thrillers and bestsellers.

To remain standing one often has to fall.