The notion of love as a potentially destructive and potentially redemptive human force is something that comes across in all my books.

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

We're all united in this, that every human being migrates through time, that the place we grew up in in our childhood is gone when we're in our 50s and 60s and 70s.

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

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.

For many people, there is an almost power to be found in prayer.