My poet's heart gives me strength to face political problems, particularly those which have a bearing on my conscience.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have to tackle it ideologically.

India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we can compete with other nations in space exploration and one of them will fulfil her dreams.

Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia.

I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974?

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

The only differences between a cult and a religion are the numbers of adherents and the degree to which they are marginalized by the rest of society.

If man studied himself, he would see how incapable he is of going further.

…nostalgia is, by definition, the least authentic of all feelings.

Nobody prepares you for what happens when you get famous, and I didn't handle it well.

This shed does not contain me.

fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

Each generation supposes that the world was simpler for the one before it.

In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high.

Racism in America absolutely exists - it is an issue. We need to fix it. We're a great country - probably the greatest country but we could be a hell of a lot greater.