If I'm really immersed in a story, I try to finish it in a few days. If it's a longer work, then it would take a few months.
When I was younger, I took life much more seriously.
I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with it.
I used to consider myself a loner.
As you grow older, life seems funnier.
A lot of school-going children are familiar with my writing. I am basically very much a children books author.
Small places intrigue me. Whenever I tried moving to a larger city, I ran back to the hills.
I find it very lucky to be an Indian and living in India.
Films and books have been intertwined as far as my growing up is concerned.
I like flowers. In my next life, maybe I can be a gardener.
Whenever I run out of people to write about, I cook up a few ghosts, or they appear before me.
Writing is the only thing I am good for.
I do all my thinking lying down.
I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read.
Ghosts are all around us. Look for them, and you will find them.
In my twenties, I wrote a lot of romantic stories in which I always lost the girl.
I suppose in the long run, it's the good work that outlasts the shoddy work, but there's enough room for all kinds of writing.
I have been apolitical all my life.
I liked the old comic books, especially the funny ones like 'Popeye' and 'Beetle Bailey.'
I like talking to visitors, especially children.
I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.
I think every writer wants future generations to read what he has written.
Change has to come. It's not always what you'd like. It's what other people like.
I'm rather fond of my awards.
I am a sleepy fellow. I will take a nice long nap the first chance I get.
I am a very personal writer. I write direct to the reader. I don't hold back.
I love to sleep.
I can't live in a room without a window.
