My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.

We're all travelling heavy with illusions.

I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children

I'm a poet who can whine in meter

It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. You start believing that you're poor because you're stupid and ugly. And then you start believing that you're stupid and ugly because you're Indian. And because you're Indian you start believing you're destined to be poor. It's an ugly circle and there's nothing you can do about it.

When I had no money, and a great book came out, I couldn't get it. I had to wait. I love the idea that I have hardcover books here and at home that I haven't read yet. That's how I view that I'm rich. I have hardcover books I may never read.

Listen you have to read a book three times before you know it.