 Reading is my greatest luxury. |
| The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. |
| I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas. |
| Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember. |
| I like many types of music and probably too many to mention here. |
| I thought it was something peculiar to me. I thought I was abnormal. |
| I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long. |
