I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

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

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.

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

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

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.

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