I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I would still be waiting to get cremated.

Dreams are more real than reality itself, they're closer to the self.

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Walk where your heart leads you, there are no restrictions and no burdens.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family. The atmosphere was so poisoned. People even in your own family could turn you in.

He was so damn hard, he could chip the ice from his truck's windshield with his rigid pecker.

Horace, like all dogs, heard dead-voices quite often, and sometimes saw their owners.

One of the principal features of my entertainment is that it contains so many things that don't have anything to do with it.

I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself.

Cuba was in some ways a de facto state of the United States before 1959, given its proximity and given its neocolonial status.

Can you harness the power of drugs without them taking over, without turning into a dazed zombie?

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

All that celebrity stuff isn't me. It's just not acting.

Mother India has 250 crore arms, majority of which are of the youth, who have the capacity to fulfil India's dreams!

Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.