Good humour was miles behind a second cup of morning tea. It was too early for nonsense.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

The power that comes from knowing the facts of history is dwarfed by the power that comes from being able to shape the stories about how that history is written and told.

Nothing makes me roll my eyes faster than a "Coexist" bumper sticker.

Even if you're going to die, you might as well die pretty.

If you wish to help someone, give secretly and avoid arrogance.

I don't know how to be a friend. I don't know how to be anything.

Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal.

We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.

Above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times and enjoy the good times.