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

I did subscribe to the freedom movement and I was much closer to the Congress than to the Akali party. It is a communal party.

The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned

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

[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 had lots of time to read [being a lawyer] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student I barely passed my exams and I barely bothered about books. It was sports all the time. I started reading and got involved in literature and writing. The few cases I handled gave me the material for my early short stories.

That's Delhi. When life gets too much for you all you need to do is to spend an hour at Nigambodh Ghat,watch the dead being put to flames and hear their kin wail for them. Then come home and down a couple of pegs of whisky. In Delhi, death and drink make life worth living.