When I Was Very Young, I Used

I Aim To Tell The Truth About Any Subject, Not A Romance Or Fantasy, Not Avoid The Truth.

I Try To Trace The Connection Between The Characters And That Way A Story Or Plot Emerges.

When I Was Very Young, I Used To Share Much Of What I Wrote With My Family, But As I Got Older And More Self-conscious, It Became A Much More Private Process.

People Think That Because I Write About India I Must Be Trying To Portray India In A Way.

What A Sense Of Possession, Of Confidence, It Gave One To Have Pockets, To Shove One's Fists Into Them, As If In Simply Owning Pockets One Owned Riches, Owned Independence.