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

[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've had very little sex. I like my Scotch, but I've never been drunk.

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.

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

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

I still think that the point of reference for every Indian when he is in doubt on any political or social issue is to say, "What would [Mahatma] Gandhi have done under the circumstances?" I didn't subscribe to his fads - prohibition, celibacy, no doctors - but generally he was always right. He meant more to me than any of my gurus.