When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe.

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.

I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.

I act like I'm always in a good mood when I'm not, but it's my job.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job.

My family comes from Panama, and I grew up in a single parent household with my mother, who barely spoke English. She couldn't get a good job, yet there were four of us for her to raise.

Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.

Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

If somebody says that they want to write a book but do not know what to write about, they will never write a book.

Given my extensive background in foreign banks, writing about them came quite naturally to me. Thankfully, God has been kind to me.

If you have sold the film rights to somebody, take your money and leave. If the producers need you, they will call you. But you have to be careful about who you are selling your book to, and ensure that it is not tampered with.

I can write in my living room with my wife and kid around.

I get to office early at about 8 A.M., and I'm back home by 6 to write.

People think writing is a very distinguished, cerebral thing, where all you do is write. It doesn't work that way. People have to see online promotions, see piles of your book in stores, and you have to make sure the guy recommends it!

The problem with most of the want-to-be authors is that they are unable to focus. Either they have no idea of where to begin, or they have hundreds of ideas and don't know which one to pick. Both scenarios leading to one result... they give up even before they start.

I believe Bitcoin is a very convenient way to shop and to transfer money to any account around the world. Governments should work around a framework for the currency instead of putting restrictions on it.

A self-confessed fan of Harlan Coben, I find it difficult to not read a new Harlan Coben novel the week it comes out.

I believe if you've written a book, you have to stand up and say, 'Guys, buy the book.'

At times, parents foist their own choices on kids and try to get them to read the classics. But kids have very high filters and don't take to it. At other times, parents simply don't know what books to select for their children and end up giving books that aren't appropriate.

There is a certain amount of intrigue that gets created by revealing portions of the book and, in the process, generating a certain amount of interest. Often, authors do this by releasing a few chapters online or even releasing film-like trailers.

There's a market for fiction based on financial services. People wanted me to write stories based on this sector. There's a gap in the market, and I'm trying to fill it.

Corporate career is like my wife, and writing is my girlfriend. My priority is the first but enjoy doing the second, as I have taken to writing as a stress-beater.

A misconception that exists in the eyes of the general reading population is that authors make truckloads of money.

Bitcoin is complex: the entire private and public key issue, the transfers, the mining of bitcoins... but if you tell it as fiction, people would understand and remember.

If a reader likes a particular author, they keep reading all his books, and if the supply is not kept up, then the reader shifts his loyalties.

Generally, people who crib about corporate politics are, more often than not, those who've played the game but lost it.

The opportunity to create wealth in foreign banks exists only in the investment banking space. Working in a local company teaches you to think long term.

I would like to implore all the governments of the world to come together to form a protocol to regulate virtual currency.

An author needs to be in the market. He or she needs to come out with a new book every year. That keeps you alive in the public mind and gives a push to your older books.

My favourite authors are Jeffrey Archer, for his story telling skills; John Grisham, for the completely new genre he created; and James Patterson, for the way he created a new business model out of writing.

If evil wins in a Bollywood film, it is bound to flop. A lot of people here want to change society, so they like to read about it being changed. And that means good usually triumphs.

In India, we don't read thrillers; we read authors.

If I did not have a de-stresser such as writing novels, I would lose focus at work.

Books should be both enlightening and entertaining.

I had, at a point in time, decided not to write on the corporate world. But if people expect me to set stories in a work environment, then why go away from it?

It is almost impossible to win back a reader's loyalty once it's gone.

I've always wanted to write, but coming from a small-town background - I was born and brought up in Ludhiana - you think you're not the kind of literary person who will write books that will sell. There was always a kind of defensiveness in me.

In Indian companies, people aren't too worried about the pace of growth as long as you're setting up a business which will survive for years.

I find writing to be a great stress-buster.

One can become drab, dull, and boring doing the same thing every day. Writing helps break the monotony.

To make time for writing, one has to take time out from somewhere. Obviously, a fair amount of time that you spend with the family gets compromised. But my family has been very understanding and supportive.

I'm probably one of the few authors in this country who could very comfortably live off my writing.

I enjoy writing and promoting my books. I enjoy the feedback. But all this is because I don't depend on it commercially. I don't need that money. I have a career.

The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times.

I firmly believe that there is no better thriller writer than Harlan Coben.

A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.

When you write, you put your thoughts in the public space. You get both positive and negative feedback.

In fiction, if people like one of your books, they tend to pick up your other books as well.