In order to write about life first you must live it.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

The price of ignorance is way more than the price we would have paid to acquire knowledge.

People who have a sense of self-efficacy bounce back from failure they approach things in terms of how to handle them rather than worrying about what can go wrong.

I like to keep most of my bats. I think I have about 250 bats, including my first - which cost Rs 2000 - a gift from my dad in 1998, when I moved to the hostel.

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.

I've got nothing to hide and other misunderstandings of privacy

Usually people who do bad things make good writers.I did a lot of bad things, which is why my novels are interesting.

I have three storage units, and that's no lie. Three storage units. All books.

A multitude of words is tiresome, unlike remaining centered.

I enjoy the art, and I enjoy drawing. I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book.

Piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.