I had not thought that I was doing wrong; I had never taken so many things into consideration.

We painters use the same license as poets and madmen.

I paint my pictures with all the considerations which are natural to my intelligence, and according as my intelligence understands them.

The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

If you find yourself always worrying about what the people around you would say if you start being your true positive self, this would mean that you are yet to bond with your true purpose on earth.

I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things.

One of the traditional Tantric methods of mediation is to imagine that you are taking on the suffering of all beings.

When you come upon a difficult task ... start.

I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.

Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.

I never went to the gym before in my life. But, at 32, I notice that my body responds negatively to bad food, so I must make double the effort.

It's true that PC culture has created very little honest dialogue.

It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.