The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.

Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.

Character is what you are. Reputation is what people think you are.

Though it is very easy to do valuations, eyeballs and brand prominence surveys, you should never allow any of them to influence the balance sheet.

We don't need to dumb down our stuff. And it's important to know how far we can push readers.

Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you in motion but gets you nowhere

I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets and the milestones in each chapter highlighted.

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.

In the Sanghi family, there is no one who has undertaken intellectual pursuits.

The Divine is simply that which science has not yet explained. In effect, God = Infinity - Human Knowledge.

I would love a sandwich, ' said Tybalt, with enough gravity to make it sound like a formal proclamation. Resolved: that we will have ham and cheese sandwiches.

You cannot make men good by law.

I was raised to think cursing makes you look unintelligent.

Even Merrick Garland can't get up and give a press conference in which he says, "Give me a damn vote." We just hear silence.

My only politics have been friendship.

It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence . . . and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect.

I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery.

Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate.

When death becomes the property of the believer it receives a new name and is called sleep.

Get on with life because life gets on without you.