I want to write novels. I want to write stories. I want to do the stuff that I became a writer to do.

I will come back to India - so deal with it.

The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.

All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.

One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory of evil is not certain.

For me, what I've always seen in writers and artists is the courage it takes to make an original work of art. I think the real risks in literature are linguistic and intellectual, and I hope we can highlight those, as well as political courage.

Why speak if you can't manage perfect thoughts, perfect sentences?