Literature itself is a species of code. You line up symbols and create a simulacrum of life.

The Word is alive. We have always known it. But it needs to be uttered, aloud or in the mind of a reader. Without a consciousness to tickle them into life, those books were dead.

There is something talismanic about familiar words.

Loneliness isn't a disease, it is only a moment to learn something better

We must steel ourselves against utopias and be content with a slightly better state.

Small things were important. Secods were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.

I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o'clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.

When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table.

I am not a believer in religious rituals. I was brought up in the Arya Samaj environment which taught us to shun rituals. Puja, of course, but simple, elegant and brief.

The lie is elaborate and exact.

I said nothing of the sort.

When you see something bad happening out in the world, you should try to help in whatever way you can.

I'm terrible at heights. I hate it. I'm glad I'm only 5'7".