One Thing That Was Very Clear To

When I'm Engaged In A Story My Health Is Not A Big Deal, But When I'm Not Doing Anything, If You Sit Me Down, I Can Get Tied Up In My Own Medical Dramas. So I Much Prefer To Work.

Everyone In Annawadi Talks Like This: 'oh, I Will Make My Child A Doctor, A Lawyer, And He Will Make Us Rich'. It's Vanity, Nothing More. Your Little Boat Goes West And You Congratulate Yourself, 'what A Navigator I Am!' And Then The Wind Blows You East.

One Thing That Was Very Clear To Me Is That The Young People In A Place Like Annawadi Aren't Tripping On Caste The Way Their Parents Are. They Know Their Parents Have These Old Views.

But If Writing About People Who Are Not Yourself Is Illegitimate, Then The Only Legitimate Work Is Autobiography; And As A Reader And A Citizen, I Don’t Want To Live In That World.

The Indian Criminal Justice System Was A Market Like Garbage, Abdul Now Understood. Innocence And Guilt Could Be Bought And Sold Like A Kilo Of Polyurethane Bags.