For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.

We should be very skeptical of people who want to place limits on how we express ourselves.

I don't listen to music when I write. I need silence so I can hear the sound of the words.

I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

If the dominant political expression that we're seeing right now is of nostalgia and we know that nostalgia won't really work out, what happens is, we become depressed as individuals and societies - when we're depressed, we're much more vulnerable to be taken advantage of by demagogues and xenophobes.

The monolithic view that many Americans have of Pakistani culture is as inaccurate as the monolithic view that many Pakistanis have of American culture.