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.

I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.

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.

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

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

O Rakshas, everything is always all right in the end. If it isn't all right, then it isn't the end

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