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" I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time. "

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" For me, the day job comes first. That's why I call myself a diplomat who writes, not a writer who masquerades as a diplomat. If the day job demands it, I won't write at all. I write in what I call 'the crevices of my day job', and that comes only on weekends. "

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" I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the 'Hindustan Times.' "

" Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket. "

" Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city. "

" I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk. "

" The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard. "

" Knowledge is not just the preserve of the educated elite. Just because someone has not had a formal education, that does not mean he does not have wisdom and common sense. "

" I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe we're all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother. "

" I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination. "

" I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind. "

" The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear. "

" I don't look at myself as a writer; I am a storyteller. "

" Global terror does not respect national boundaries. "

" The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life. "

" Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart. "

" People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply. "

" I get invited to many more literary festivals than I used to because I'm associated with 'Slumdog Millionaire,' the brand. Many more doors have opened up for me as a result of the global success of the film, although I believe that I'm the same person that existed before it. "

" I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy. "

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" It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no choice but to survive and move on. But it is the manner in which different cities respond to emergencies that sets them apart. "

" The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind. "