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Whenever I write something, I always want to make sure that what I write is defensible.

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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.

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Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.

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The West should be tougher on Pakistan. It is trying to play both ends against the middle - to look like the friend of the revolutionaries on the one hand and a friend of the West in the fight against terrorism. It can't be both things.

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I'm not saying I am never going to fall in love again, but there is no need to marry.

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The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.

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The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.

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I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to read them, because I've spent too long with them already. I'm not advertising them very well, am I?

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India is my kid sister.

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Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Novelist

Born: June 19th, 1947

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