Why the brevity? Because I'd rather people read my book twice than only half-way through

Novels function and the power of novels function because of their stories.

Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my opinion, was justified by the sheer number of excellent writers coming from India and the Indian diaspora.

I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.

I actually feel that personal matters, like religion and spirituality, are things that I really discuss only with intimates. I think it's, in a way, like sexuality, something where it touches upon something very private.

All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood.

My earliest memories are of watching Star Trek and MASH while my parents barbecued chicken in the back yard. I was an American kid, through and through.