I work consistently hard and smart because I understand that I can only flourish by contributing positively to the universe through my daily decisions and actions.

The power of imagination is the center of all attractions.

She wondered how it would feel to be beautiful and have it taken away. How much harder would it be than never knowing what it felt like in the first place?

Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.

My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible.

It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

In 1996, a Republican governor in South Carolina tried to take the flag down. He was voted out.

Some men, who begin by saying that the world is a hell, often end by saying that it is a heaven when they succeed in the practice of self-control.

In Bollywood, I think Boman Irani and Vinay Pathak are unbelievably good at comedy.

Polygamy causes a lot of strife