The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

We all dream things into being; you imagine yourself having a child, and then you have a child. An inventor will think of something in his mind and then make it actual. So things are often passing from the imagined realm into the real world.

I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you engage the readers' emotions can be very indirect. You could come at it through irony or comedy, etcetera, and you could capture people's sympathies and feelings kind of by stealth if you like.

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

Science fiction is always a vehicle for ideas. It's the form which allows either movies or books to be an exploration of how we should live.

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.