The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.

We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity.

I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.

Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.

Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.

It's a huge headache - the more money you have, the more hassles. I find money very uncomfortable.

I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

You deserve to have a prosperous and abundant life!

If you aren’t nurturing your self, what kind of mother can you be, anyway?

Beautiful is greater than Good for it includes the Good.

France is hypocritical and cowardly. I sometimes think that, having been invaded by the Germans, we'd be run better today.

I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.

The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.

I lived in a tiny Midwest town, so I was always looking for adventure.

You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true

I have a lot of Twitter rules. I never swear on Twitter, and if anybody's inappropriate, I block them. I have young followers.

If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.