A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.

Those who are weak in spirit, desire to make others weaker.While the strong spirit, desire to empower others to be stronger.

She liked the words

There is a good things to those who wait..

We allow each other to pursue our goals. I wouldn't want to be married to someone who was not happy with what they were doing with their life and Bono wouldn't either.

Zip zop wop boopity bop.

I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays.

I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct.

There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs

If you look at the monkeys, you can learn many things about the men; if you look at the men, you can learn many things about the madness!

The natural man cannot but resist the Lord's offering to help him; yet that resistance is infallibly overcome in the elect, by converting grace.