I'd wanted to create a storm so that I could become more famous and richer.

The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.

The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.

In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.

I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.

I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.

If Islam is to be reconciled with modernity, these voices must be encouraged until they swell into a roar.