Reality is not static—its properties are in constant flux, so perhaps we are as much in the world as we can ever be, and that's the problem.

When a person is discouraged, he loses self-control and patience

Curiosity takes ignorance seriously - and is confident enough to admit when it's in the dark. It is aware of not knowing. And then it sets out to do something about it.

It’s one thing if everyone wears the same shoes or drinks the same soda. But the world of literature is the last place in which globalization should mean homogeneity.

Failure is information-we label it failure, but it's more like, 'This didn't work, I'm a problem solver, and I'll try something else.'

I would like my kids to follow their bliss.

Pakistan should be recognised as a sporting nation and not as a terrorist country.

I think enhanced interrogation saved lives.

We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us. We've been through a lot and we've reached a stage where we really value life.

The right food always comes at the right time. Reliance on out-of-season foods makes the gastronomic year an endlessly boring repetition.

Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)