I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.

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.

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

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

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

Dear though the reader might be, I'd be silly to cater to what the reader wanted.

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