I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.

Tell me, is it possible to love someone who is not as smart as you are? ...But isn't it important for you to think she is smarter than you in order to fall in love? ...Why is that? Because we want to know things, how the pieces fit. Talkers seduce, words direct us into corners. We want more than anything to grow and change. Brave new world.

Jung was absolutely right about one thing. We are occupied by gods. The mistake is to identify with the god occupying you.

He came to this country like a torch on fire and he swallowed air as he walked forward and he gave out light

Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again

I think precision in writing goes hand in hand with not trying to say everything. You try and say two-thirds, so the reader will involve himself or herself.

A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands, knowing it is something that feeds him more than water.