“A novel means a new way of doing a story. If you go back the origins o...” — Romesh Gunesekera Quote

“A novel means a new way of doing a story. If you go back the origins of a novel, 'Clarissa' - that's not a novel; it's just a bunch of letters. But it isn't! Because it's organised in a particular way! A novel is what you make of it.”

“Who controls the present controls the past. There's a power structure, if you like, between the present and the past and the future, and that's what I'm interested in.”

“An aircraft cabin is a place that seems to be nowhere, but I find it steeped in the place left behind and the place ahead.”

“I don't write letters anymore.”

“My songs are just little letters to me.”

“I love seeing my book on shelves and getting letters from people who liked the book. I love telling stories and having other people tell stories to me.”