We think of immigration as a Western issue but, of course, it isn't.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans.

In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.

A man wasn't equal to an animal, not one particle of him. Human life was stinking corrupt, and meanwhile there were beautiful creatures who lived with delicacy on the earth without doing anyone harm. "We should be dying." the judge almost wept.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana.