I need to meet people to be able to write.

For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends.

The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.

The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard.

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

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.