Sri Lanka is a small island, and the war affected everybody. Everybody knew somebody who was killing or being killed.

My life is very busy with a lot of things, and so I don't get uninterrupted time. When I do, I can just write all day.

War defined my entire childhood and youth and most of my adulthood too - and in the US, it continues to do so.

I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters.

There are other sources, but Wikipedia is a good start.

There is no right and wrong, and precepts are for fools. Every thing is just as it is! And we must experience things without condemning them, because if we condemn them, then we are becoming too involved.

Sri Lanka is a small island, and the war affected everybody. Everybody knew somebody who was killing or being killed.