My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.

Just because I never went to university doesn't mean you can't read, although I do feel a bit uneducated from time to time.

I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think.

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.

I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

The unknown is always frightening.

A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.

We emphasize our differences by nationality, race and financially. [...] It's our common humanity that defines us.

People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.

...I did what most kids do when their world feels destroyed. I tried to care less about what remained...It was untrue, of course.

Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long

We don't posses time. But we can own whatever we do with it.

The important things are always simple.

Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it.

Every day, I find countless opportunities to decide whether I will obey God and demonstrate my love for Him or try to please myself or the world system. God is waiting for my choices.

California is always in my mind.

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues.