One more soldier of the Cross has taken up his crown

The ultimate purpose of education is to learn how to reveal your own unique beauty.

Kakimi chertyami oni viigrali holodnuyu voinu?"This translates roughly to: "How the hell did these people win the Cold War?

I have yet to discover a source of information, practical advice, and hope that compares to the wisdom found in the Bible.

All foreign food is doomed to be consumed in India not so much by Indians as by a voracious Indian sensibility, which demands infinite versions of Indian food, and is unmoved by difference.

My philosophy of life: “Don’t just sit around doing nothing and wasting your time—get off your butt and start doing something and wasting your time.

Everything I had read in the fields of fiction and science led me to a single, dark conclusion. Humans are screwed, and so is our planet.

The burden of poverty isn't just that you don't always have the things you need, it's the feeling of being embarrassed every day of your life, and you'd do anything to lift that burden.

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.

Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous.

Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.