I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

The most reliable friend you have is your shadow.

I feel part of the environment, not separate from it, as though I’m at home rather than visiting—as though I’m tapped into some eternal omnipresence beyond the transient physical forms.

My safe, safe psychosis is broken. It was hard. It was made of stone. It covered my face like a mask. But it has cracked.

I think the cultural task is to separate our impulses and needs and desires from the supernatural and, above all, from the superstitious.

Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything.

Passion surprises. One doesn't search it. It can happen to you tomorrow.

The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’

I just love learning about the way people used to live their lives, and I think what also ties into that is psychology, because I like knowing why people do certain things.

Focus groups are a waste of time, filled with people telling you what you want to hear so they can go home.

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.