I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some scared creature cowering in a corner. I remember telling myself not to carry the hatred around, although I know where it is. I have it in a trunk in storage.

I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.

This is going to make me sound ancient, but I remember Juhu Beach when there weren't any buildings on it. You'd go through countryside and arrive at this amazing beach. I remember driving from Delhi to the Qutab Minar through countryside. Mehrauli was a little village - that's all gone.

All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.

I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.

My life is mine to remember.