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

I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.

Music, such music, is a sufficient gift. Why ask for happiness; why hope not to grieve? It is enough, it is to be blessed enough, to live from day to day and to hear such music-not too much, or the soul could not sustain it-from time to time.

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

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

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.