In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.

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.

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

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.

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

You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.

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