You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.

I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

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

All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above-- Know that you aren't alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all your years.

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.