I know a movie and a book are two different things and you are going do different media in different ways. No author can want a movie to be exactly like the book because then it will be a bad movie.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

has it ever occurred to you that where there is no anger, there is also no love?

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members.

I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

My parents had a normal life in Russia and they could have easily kept living a normal life, working and raising a child in Russia.

Ladakh's Prakash, Paryavaran, Paryatan are a strength for both J&K and India.

My poems often start with an idea, some kind of inspiration. I don't expect anything. Every now and then something like "The One Truth" comes out.

Most good essays are conversations with yourself - not just your decided thoughts but your dilemmas.

My knees on the ground, dear father, don't let me break, please make me stronger.

I don't care too much what happened in the past. I prefer to focus on what is coming next and I am really looking forward to it.

A play should have barely been rescued from the mess it might just as easily have been.