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

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

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

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.

You can talk good ideas out of existence.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

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