Author

I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.

There is some confusion in my mind whether to continue to write on banking or try newer pastures.

After my first book, many of my readers came back to tell me that the female characters I had created were not strong enough. I have consciously rectified that in my next four books. In any case, it's true that women run the world, and men would do better to listen to them!

Kids who read are bright.

The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times.

After my first book, I figured that since it was successful, I wanted to continue things better.

When you write, you put your thoughts in the public space. You get both positive and negative feedback.

Corporate career is like my wife, and writing is my girlfriend. My priority is the first but enjoy doing the second, as I have taken to writing as a stress-beater.

It's not research if you're really interested in what you're reading.

I have a day job where I make money and satisfy my self-esteem. Writing is for fun, and I want to keep it that way.

If I did not have a de-stresser such as writing novels, I would lose focus at work.

In Indian companies, people aren't too worried about the pace of growth as long as you're setting up a business which will survive for years.

As long as youngsters learn the right things, it really doesn't matter where they learn it from.

I look at every book as a new learning opportunity.

There were many times in my initial days as a writer when I had felt the need to talk to someone, to leverage on someone's experience, to learn from someone who had written and published a book.

I enjoy writing and promoting my books. I enjoy the feedback. But all this is because I don't depend on it commercially. I don't need that money. I have a career.

A profession which is seen as intellectually glamorous is often the most misunderstood when it comes to the commerce involved.

People take shortcuts to meet ends in MNCs.

Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from.

If somebody says that they want to write a book but do not know what to write about, they will never write a book.