Jemu watched his father disappear. He didn't throw the coconut and he didn't cry. Never again would he know love for another human being that wasn't adulterated by another, contradictory emotion.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from and I am lucky to be part of it.

A journey once begun, has no end

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss?

No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana.

Sadness was so claustrophobic.

When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to.

What makes a human being want to kill another who has done him no personal harm? Patriotism.

Look for principles and virtues that will help you grow bigger from inside.

'Green' is likely to be a big issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential election - largely in response to George Bush's suicidal refusal to engage with environmental issues.

You always got to be prepared but you never know for what.

Pity is always twinged with disgust.

And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.

I prefer a powerful and proud Jewish State that is hated by the entire world than an Auschwitz that is loved by one and all

You haven't done the will of God when you have done it miserably.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

Everyone dreams, but not everybody remembers their dreams because some people go into delta; they go too low.