I read a lot of true crime growing up - 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.

Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be.

Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone.

My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.

It's good to get good marks, but some students take it on their heart when they score less in future. But the average student, on the contrary, keeps on trying to do something or the other to achieve his goals.

Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond.

When a medium like games or comic books whips up such a rapture of enthusiasm, naturally we look for lessons we should be learning.

In India, we are forced to choose our specialisation very early, whereas in some other countries, this can be done much later in life. While the British have abandoned this approach, we in India seem to be struggling with the old British system of education.