I don't really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.

What is far is very close, and what is close is very far

I don't have a lot of patience for stories in which women are rescued by men.

To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.

There are dark forces in the world that would have you believe that you can't succeed and that you're a failure and that you're evil and all this nonsense.

Shantaram is the second in the series of a quartet of novels that I have planned about my life but is the first to be written. The third book is a sequel to Shantaram, the first a prequel.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me.

Nonviolence is the rock on which the whole structure of non-co-operation is built.

Satire is born of the cities it denounces.

Mumbai Indians will strive to build on our proud legacy of giving youngsters a platform to showcase their talent and realise their true potential.

Once we open up to the flow of energy within our body, we can also open up to the flow of energy in the universe.