One can argue that in the context of history a few years do not matter. But we live in an age in which every moment counts heavily and the price of delay is human lives.

To me India is a land of beauty and generosity, of traditional hospitality and the acceptance of many cultures.

The more we sweat, the less we bleed.

Freedom is not for the timid.

Jail is a good experience but it has its drawbacks ... all the disadvantages of married life with none of its compensations.

sacrifice' was often a cloak for many actions that did not always stem from the highest motives.

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.

Our prayers are granted as soon as we have prayed, even though the process of fulfilling our requests has not yet begun.

Think champagne, drink champagne!

Staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

autobiography at least saves a man or woman that the world is curious about from the publication of a string of mistakes called 'Memoirs.

The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.

In the old days all you needed was a handshake. Nowadays you need forty lawyers.

Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt.

When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.

It's easier to believe in this sweet madness, oh this glorious sadness, that brings me to my knees.

A place is yours when you know where all the roads go.