“The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut awa...” — Isabel Allende Quote

The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years.

I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secrets I keep.

I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fear. I'm very happy that I had an unhappy and uncomfortable childhood.

Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks like a soap opera where everybody is indoors, not working and living off their emotions.

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots.

I try to stay very, very true to my roots and my lifestyle and I wanted to be able to share that with my fans.

I don't believe in the whole thing of staying anywhere - we are meant to explore, to travel, and meant to spread our roots.

My father hails from Shantigrama in Hassan, but my family moved to Bengaluru. Even though I was born and raised in Bengaluru, I have strong ties with my roots.

We still have slavery of all kinds - slavery of thought, slavery of ideas, slavery of cultureand I think 'Roots' exemplifies, in a very strong way, man's need to think for himself, feel for himself, do for himself.