After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.

Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The story - and hence the extensive research that goes into each one of my books - is much more important than the words that I use to narrate it.

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

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity.

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.

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