Every silver spoon is tarnished.

All words are written in the same ink, 'flower' and 'power, ' say, are much the same, and though I might write 'blood, blood, blood'all over the page, the paper would not be stainednow would I bleed.

Many crores of rupees are squandered in this country by way offering gratitude to God and bribing Him to gain greater and greater wealth.

I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.

I don't earn my money from trying to hurt people or get in the tabloids.

It's a defining difference, curiosity. I've never known a stupid person who was curious, or a curious person who was stupid.

I think that the world is in a very serious decline - very, very serious.

When I was seventeen, my life changed forever . . .

Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.

He likes to take strolls by himself and believes dog-catchers are friendly innkeepers who'll take care of a meal. He's gullible and has never learned to fight back against a ruthless world.

Words are the supreme objects. They are minded things.