The most oblivious people are often the happiest.

I'm not religious. I do have a baby - a four-month old girl - and that's a religion in itself.

Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball.

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

I find that the creative side of my brain and the archival side of my brain don't work well together. When I've done my best work, I've been in a trance-like state.

I was brought up Catholic and, of course, I strayed and repudiated it. That's a painful thing to go through, because you have to look back and realize that you wasted a gigantic chunk of your life.

There's absolutely no way that something I do on my own is going to be seen in Malaysia.