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

I haven't any close friends. Friendship needs time to interact, sit down, gossip. I don't have that time.

Not forever does the bulbul sing In balmy shades of bowers, Not forever lasts the spring Nor ever blossom the flowers. Not forever reigneth joy, Sets the sun on days of bliss, Friendships not forever last, They know not life, who know not this.

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

No one has invented a condom for the pen yet. My pen is still sexy.

I use vulgar language in my writing. Or for people I don't like, but I have never had an outburst of anger and I think that's largely [Mahatma] Gandhi's influence. When you lose your temper, you've lost your cause.

I was unhappy with the jobs I did after law. I got into the diplomatic service. There again I had really little to do.