He didn’t really like travel, of course. He liked the idea of travel, and the memory of travel, but not travel itself.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.

What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies.

Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.

The best form of government is one that is dying, because that means it’s giving way to something else.

Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity.

The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.

If the writer were more like a reader, he’d be a reader, not a writer. It’s as uncomplicated as that.

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

Everything you invent is true: you can be sure of that. Poetry is a subject as precise as geometry.

May you find the grace to chase your dream with all your might

We're all stumbling in the dark, and that makes for some pretty interesting collisions.

Possession they say is eleven points of the law.

My best form of investment is paying my tithe and offering.

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

I have always loved the law. It is the very foundation of our great country. It's the exceptional foundation of America.

The confidence that we Indians are suddenly infused with while doing something wrong is absolutely commendable.

An item must have a soul, it must function properly, be nice to hold and a pleasure to look at

This missile test reflects India's mindset, ... India's desire to control the subcontinent will never become a reality.

He who is guilty of unseemliness with males will be under discipline for the same time as adulterers.