Readers can surprise you. Many times, they notice layers in your stories, that even you were not aware of while writing.

When I was young, I thought I was a very smart and learned person.But now, the more I read, the more I learn, the more I think, the humbler I become.

Writers are people whose words speak louder than their actions.

A good relationship is not a refuge from your problems, but an oasis where you can grow better as a person.

Don’t judge people in their reduced circumstances, nobody aspires to be there.

Sometimes I feel I am destined for greater things, and then again sometimes I suspect that I am just an extra in epic movie.

May be I am villain in your story, but I am hero in mine.

Sometimes I feel that I am destined for greater things, and then again sometimes I suspect that I am just an extra in an epic movie.

For me, concept of death works as a liberator from anxiety -- no matter whatever is happening, its all going to end when we die.

Nothing Is Important, Yet Everything Is Important

Simplicity of appearance can cause hindrance to success when you are poor. But the same simplicity is admired in a rich and successful person.

We make choices and are in turn made by them.

Perhaps all the good that ever has come here has come because people prayed it into the world.

I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very inspirational. I was married, but... I wrote the song about her on the way back home.

I came into the Agency with a set of ideas and attitudes that were quite typical of people coming into the Agency at that time. You could call it liberal anti-communism.

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.

I'm not leaving until you tell me why you followed me. I know I'm a fascinating guy, but this is starting to feel like an unhealthy obsession.

Capitalism has survived communism. Now, it eats away at itself.

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?

Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that’s why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a burden.