For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.

Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.