I have no problem with people's religious beliefs. I just don't happen to have any.

perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.

A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.

One of the things I've learnt is not to depend on there being a woman in your life to make it work. I love my work, I love my children, I've got wonderful friends, you know, I have a nice life.

When I was growing up, everyone around me was fond of fooling around with words. It was certainly common in my family, but I think it is typical of Bombay, and maybe of India, that there is a sense of play in the way people use language.

A book is not completed till it's read.

Believe in your own eyes and you'll get into a lot of trouble, hot water, a mess.