I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.

I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.

A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.