You can't judge a book by its cover, " he said. "No, " said Watts. "But you can tell how much it's gonna cost!

It's better to swallow pride than blood.

To the pure blood of the grape!

Have you noticed since Global Warming took hold that all the snowmen look kind of angry?

... whatever is not happening now is unimportant; it is merely curious.

My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.

Necessity knows no magic formulae-they are all left to chance. If a love is to be unforgettable, fortuities must immediately start fluttering down to it like birds to Francis of Assisi's shoulders.

I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

At home we didnt talk about religion. So gradually the question faded away by itself and disappeared from the agenda. When I was nineteen my father died; my response to his death was atheistic.

It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength.

If Darwin could get into a submarine and see what I've seen, thousand of feet beneath the ocean, I am just confident that he would be inspired to sit down and start writing all over again.

I just want to get in the team and show all of them what I can do. (on signing for Manchester united)