I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

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

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.

I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.

It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.