If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.
“When I was writing 'The White Tiger' I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with back then. So I didn't have to do much research to find them.”
“I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue.”