Wherever You Go Becomes A Part Of

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.

Do You Know Anyone Who Would - Secretly, Sincerely, In His Innermost Self - Really Prefer To Return To Childhood?

People Think That Because I Write About India I Must Be Trying To Portray India In A Way.

When I Am Writing, I Focus One Hundred Percent On My Writing. Then, By The Time I'm Half Way Through The Book, I'm Already Thinking About The Ending.

The Book Begins And Ends With The Visits To Give The Impression Of A Tunnel Into Their Ancestors And Family History. I Believe In Going Backwards Into The Past - I Felt I Was Digging A Tunnel Back To The Past.