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.

It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.

I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.

You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.