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

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

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.

I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I'm quite happy to read stuff on any of them.

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

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.

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.