In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.

Only in rock music and the literary world you see so many ugly white guys with beautiful women. That says a lot about the women, their character. They're attracted to more than surface.

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of every book imaginable. Censorship of any form punishes curiosity.

The streetlight outside my house shines on tonight and I'm watching it like it could give me a vision. James ain't talked ever and he looks at that streetlight like it was a word and maybe like it was a verb. James wanted to streetlight me and make me bright and beautiful so all the moths and bats would circle me like I was the center of the world an held secrets.

Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.

That's one more thing people don't know about Indians: We love to talk dirty.