I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was reading one of my books, and he clicked his tongue impatiently and shooed me off.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

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

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.

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.