I Know My Father And My Mother,

We Made No Inquiries About India Or About The Families People Had Left Behind. When Our Ways Of Thinking Had Changed, And We Wished To Know, It Was Too Late. I Know Nothing Of The People On My Father's Side; I Know Only That Some Of Them Came From Nepal

And It Was Strange, I Thought, That Sorrow Lasts And Can Make A Man Look Forward To Death, But The Mood Of Victory Fills A Moment And Then Is Over

One Always Writes Comedy At The Moment Of Deepest Hysteria.

Whenever I Have Had To Write Fiction, I've Always Had To Invent A Character Who Roughly Has My Background.

If You Decide To Move To Another Country And To Live Within Its Laws You Don't Express Your Disregard For The Essence Of The Culture. It's A Form Of Aggression.