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.

One does not question a miracle.

Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

I need to meet people to be able to write.

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.