He wondered fleetingly how many people who sat alone for hours as they scribbled their stories practiced talking about their work during their coffee breaks....

There are always loose ends in real life.

The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them.

the walking stick, like a burqa, conferred protective status...

Forever encased in the amber of a writer's prose.

...the safest way of ensuring that secret information did not leak was not to tell anybody about it.

We are in the age of achievements provided we are adequately informed. we are not too young to make a difference nor too old to chart a new course

Hatred can't erase love memories.You need to focus on anything else.

New Year eve is an ecstasy of new anticipation.

The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security Council to uphold international peace and stability.

Intolerance is evidence of fear, and fear is the consequence of feeling powerless.

When in all the nations of the world the rule of law is the darling of the leaders and the plague of the people, we ought to begin to recognize this.

Everyone knows the presidential candidates and has an opinion about them. But as you get to smaller races, that evaporates and you can win through sheer elbow grease.

[Never underestimate] the power of dinner.

My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

I don't have many people showing up at my door. Very few people come out. When they do, I get a little suspicious. I live way up on a hill, way, way back in the country.