The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.

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.

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.

Sadness was so claustrophobic.

I love fictional characters...they can't break your heart.

Forever is a measure of time used by people who share an ordinary love. Our extraordinary love is immeasurable...for us, forever just won’t do.

Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.

I learned the cello , but I would still need a massive amount of practice. But I do play classical music, so I understand where that comes from.

I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a movie star would be a very dangerous place.

Anything that you really pour your heart and soul into is always rewarding. The most rewarding thing is probably making each other laugh.

To have more, we must first become more.

One of the things that really drove me crazy was the way in which college kids, in particular, are educated to think that ideology is dangerous and bad.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

You don't have to solve every problem at once.