[Sex] is of real interest to every human being and so why gloss over it, and it's fun, it's interesting, it has so many dimensions.

I turned to the Partition experiences, which were churning in my mind. Then came my first novel Train to Pakistan.

I was never a cardholder. But I was leftist in the sense that I voted communist.

I have never lost my temper. I let out my venom in my writing if I have to, but person-to-person, I have never lost my temper, never used abusive language.

Nature provides that a man who slaves all day should spend the hours of the night in a palace full of houris whereas a king who wields the sceptre by day should have his sleep disturbed by nightmares of rebellion and assassination.

I think the sense of belonging does give you a certain amount of mental satisfaction.

Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.