What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers.

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

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.

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

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.

The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.

I want to make sure that my writing grips the reader from the word 'go.'