I'm looking to do an honest job, and I don't have any Indian talk show as a reference point. I'm not looking down on them, but I want to do what Oprah did.

I think if you laugh at your troubles and tell the whole world what went wrong, you can't be frightened by anything.

I speak for Kashmiri pundits because injustice has been done to them, and the political discourse doesn't give them enough importance.

I don't think that I will say that we are less talented in Bollywood, but our functioning is different. We cater to a different kind of audience.

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

No man is a success in business unless he loves his work.

We must prepare the ground for creativity. And if this also gives rise later to success in the economic sense, success in terms of Euros and Cents, this will by no means reduce my joy.

The success of 'The Widow' meant there were expectations for the second book from the first word, and it has created a completely different writing experience. Not to say I haven't enjoyed writing 'The Child,' but I confess there were times when I felt as if I was wrenching it out of my body with bloodied fingernails!