The things he did on purpose were usually no different from the mistakes he made by accident.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

But writers and their woes: they couldn't be parted. Not for anything.

I think about the hurt that stories cannot ease, not with a thousand tellings.

A writer never takes a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing

Great companies are formed by great people. It’s not about attracting great people

The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself.

Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point.

As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult... I want you to know that I am well. I am safe, fit and healthy.

A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.

Navratri represents how the negativity can be conquered by the inherent positive qualities in us.

The old should be explorers, be curious, risk transgression, explore oldness itself.