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There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without at least one murder.

I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.

Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.

I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now.

This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.

I never answer, because I can't, which is my favorite among my own books.