If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.

Nobody ever recognizes themselves unless they are not the character. There are many people who have claimed to be in my books, but unfortunately they were usually people that I didn't know.

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.

I'm no friend of Tony Blair's and I consider the Middle East policies of the United States and the UK fatal.

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.

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