In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and went to business school. I never knew I could write fiction of any form.

There are people like me who are not there yet, who are still the eagle flying high right now, still experiencing more in the world and growing as a result of that - and that is my journey.

There is a role for growth and experiencing the world, and pushing the boundaries of that, and then there is a time to bring it within. All people are at different stages of that journey.

I think nothing, at an objective level, is either right or wrong.

When I started, these [yoga] were very functional practices, as I said, productive to lose weight, or whatever, and now it has become a very spiritual kind of practice.

The first novel that I wrote was because I was having very interesting sorts of experiences, for Indians of my generation.

What I'm trying to do right now is truly answer my most deepest most unarticulated questions for myself through my writing in some form.

What has happened in most of my books is the call to the extraordinary world, the hero's push, or that push has come to him.

I think his karma became to serve in nature and not to serve in the world, while I think my karma is to be in the world.

I don't think of the ashram world as being any more spiritual than the corporate world.

What I need to do is to just deepen my well. I'm just experiencing life now.

HIDEAWAYPreserve thatsecret, homey spotin your heart, as sanctuary where dreams may be softly tended, and revived.

Whoever says that God is not great, surely hasn't called upon His Mighty name long enough to receive His heavenly blessings.

He had to keep busy

She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.

There's a Cuban saying: Bicho malo nunca muere. Loose translation: The good die young but the wicked live forever. It seems to apply to Fidel. I hope it applies to me.

Please — a little less love, and a little more common decency.

I do choose to write for a living - in addition to writing plays. I no longer write sitcoms, and I no longer feel shame.

Success is never getting to the bottom of your to-do list.

Kevin Kline gives a master class in acting. He finds every nuance of mirth and melancholy in this wonder of a role and rides it to glory. You can't take your eyes off him.

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility.