Isn't It Strange How Life Won't Flow,

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.

Someone Who Wants To Write Should Make An Effort To Write A Little Something Every Day. Writing In This Sense Is The Same As Athletes Who Practice A Sport Every Day To Keep Their Skills Honed.

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.

Usually A Feeling Of Disappointment Follows The Book, Because What I Hoped To Write Is Not What I Actually Accomplished. However, It Becomes A Motivation To Write The Next Book.