Everything is going to be right at the end. If it’s not right, then it is not the end.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step unless you missed it.

Take the first A out of Abraham and put it at the end. You get Brahama. There’s the ancient connection right there.

Physicists explain creation by telling us that the universe began with the Big Bang, an intense energy singularity that continued expanding. But pray, please do explain who created the singularity?

Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.

The first thriller ever? It was probably one from 1697. It was called Little Red Riding Hood.

Mythology is a set of primitive lies that people rarely believe. This is rather different from history, which is a set of lies that people believe.

Writing a mystery is like drawing a picture and then cutting it into little pieces that you offer to your readers one piece at a time, thus allowing them the chance to put the jigsaw...

Surprise is when a prime minister is assassinated during his speech. Suspense is when an assassin lurks while the prime minister speaks. Balancing surprise and suspense is the job of the thriller writer.

Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.

Would the fish have ever been caught if it had kept it’s mouth shut?

While I can’t walk on water, I can certainly wobble on whisky.

Mythology does not interest me. Nor does history. But the possible overlap between history and mythology excites me immensely.

In India we never distinguished between history and myth. Our Puranas as well as Itihasas contain fantastical tales. They are lies that convey deeper truths.

writer’s block”. His name is Mr Johnnie Walker.

Could our mythological heroes be based on actual people who once lived?

The average buyer in bookshop spends 8 seconds on the front cover and 15 seconds on the back cover before deciding whether to purchase the book or not. On average, he does not get past...

Write when drunk. Edit when sober. Market it with the persistence of a drug peddler.

Little Red Riding Hood was stalked; Cinderella was abused; the Beauty had to live with a hideous Beast; Snow White was poisoned; Hansel and Gretel were meat for a cannibal… and then we wonder why...

Never judge a book by its cover; a movie by its book; or a video game by its movie.

The Egyptians saw the sun and called him Ra, the Sun God. He rode across the sky in his chariot until it was time to sleep. Copernicus and Galileo proved otherwise and poor Ra lost...

My greatest qualification for writing fiction was my ability, as a child, to lie with a straight face.

Mythology is like a game of Chinese Whispers. What goes in at one end of the human circle is rarely what emerges at the other end.

The fundamental difference between books and movies is that the length of a book does not depend upon the capacity of the human bladder.

My life is ruled by four W’s: my writing, my work, my wife, and my whisky. Not necessarily in that order.

I don’t want to be remembered as a writer. I would rather be remembered as a storyteller.

JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King’s Carrie was rejected 30 times. Gone With The Wind was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all.

Stop worrying whether the grass is greener on the other side. Find out how to own the other side.

I was told that Ganesha sat between Lakshmi and Saraswati. My quest to attain the blessings of both goddesses explains my physique.

What is divine? Simply that which man has not yet been able to understand. Once understood, it ceases to be divine.

It is the manner of death that reveals the importance of a man. Ordinary people are murdered while extraordinary people are assassinated.