Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

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

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

I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.

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

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

Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.