To add to truth distracts from it.

I spent the first half of my career learning what to put into my work, and the second half learning what to leave out.

Strip it all down to essentials and draw the hell out of what's left.

The traditional Indian mind has been for centuries, and still is, first religious, and then everything else.

Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that?

Just get it down on paper and then we'll see what to do with it.

Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day.

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer.

I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever.

Larry Bird just throws the ball in the air and God moves the basket underneath it.

Never underestimate the value of knowing another's language. It can be far more powerful than swords and arrows.

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.