Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

The most stupid religion is Islam.

Talent is unfair and undemocratic

I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely.

I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.

We know how to organize warfare, but do we know how to act when confronted with peace?

There is no happiness for him who oppresses and persecutes; no, there can be no repose for him. For the sighs of the unfortunate cry for vengeance to heaven.

How is it that the sky feeds the stars?

Non-co-operation and civil disobedience are but different branches of the same tree called satyagraha.

People talk about Bollywood being very kitsch, and just songs and dances, and over the top and colorful.

Animal abuse is still widespread and we have so much work ahead.