Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

Migration isn't a one-directional process; it's a colossal process that has been happening in all directions for thousands of years.

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.

Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.

I think we need to radically reimagine the future - citizens, artist, writers, politicians, everyone.

Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our first impulse is to ignore them.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

The four places I've called home in my life have been Lahore, London, New York and California. And I have a very strong tie to each one of those four places.