India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world.

When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.

Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the other side are the men who can. And not one in a hundred will cross that line. Will you?

In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating.

What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What keeps India safe is just the courage of poor Indians, not the actions of its government.

In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind there is, trust me

Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out.

Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.

I’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell.

Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things.

I am coming back to New York after five years, and it seems that psychics are taking over the city.

Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?

Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence.

Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.

If only a man could spit his past out so easily.

Inconvenience in progress, work is regretted.

A White Tiger keeps no friends. It's too dangerous.