Writers do not write about a place because they belong there, but because they want to.

How do you tell somebody how to find what they're looking for when ten years ago you came from the same place, and have yet to find it yourself?

I am filled suddenly with hope. I don't think I will ever die. We are looking for ghosts, but, I think, a good story will do.

War doesn’t start with an explosion….It bears far more subtlety. A simmer beneath the surface, as if bringing broth to a boil.

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

In the end, the church will either declare the truth of God's Word, or it will find a way to run away from it.

Radio was so important to everybody back then; there was no TV. Columbia Square was the epitome of radio. Everything was modern. It was beautiful.

A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.

I have no one to blame for the construction for myself, of course, but I'm always surprised and slightly sulky when I realizeВ people are buying the whole thing.

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

We cannot burn Mick Jagger. We want the effect, but we can't burn him.

I don't think that you should be per­fectly candid and frank about the intimate details of your personal life with the public at large. Subsequently, it creates consider­able personal problems.

I can't destroy the whole army, and anyway [Tikka Khan] bad reputation for the events in Dacca is exaggerated.