I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

Governance is complex, difficult, and on the whole, thankless - why ever should the Bright Young Things leave the management of their hotels, newspapers, banks, TV channels and corporations to join, like fleas on a behemoth, the government? Wherein lies the difference between the two worlds?

Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.