You're 40 and he's 22. Do you have to marry him? Couldn't you just adopt him?

A healthy dose of guilt never hurt anybody. It's what civilization was built on, guilt. A highly underrated emotion.

I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

How shall I love the sin yet keep the sense And love the offender yet detest the offence?

Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.

I guess I learnt to appreciate old Hindi-movie music from my dad and somewhere down the line picked up jazz as well.

Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence.

You can start something, do it, and believe that that's what you're doing, but then the inspiration comes and it's like, "Nope, this is what it is."

This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition.

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.