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Jyoti Patel with Nihal Arthanayake

The Penguin Podcast

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The Corrosive Aspects of Being a Writer

As a kid I used to observe so much I used to watch and I think a lot of that was because there was a lot of turmoil in the family unit. So now whether I'm sitting on a bus daydreaming or whether I'm in meeting in my day job I'm always watching people and predicting who's going to say what. That really is conducive to being a good writer is just being aware and noticing that things that other people don't so that you can portray that in your writing.

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