My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?

You can talk good ideas out of existence.

For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.

Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.