Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

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.

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.

In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.