Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.

A person who doesn’t understand both sides of an issue can’t relate to the side he is trying to sway, so his words will bounce off of them without leaving any impression.

You see certain people and get the intuition that they are related to you in a way unspecified, important to you for the reasons unidentified. You bet I had received my turn of hunch!

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life.

People are rushed and inspired by the success of Indian writers, and are falling over themselves to write novels. Every Indian is writing a novel right now. No one wants to revise.

Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come.

There are a million really good cigars, you gotta really float around cigars. It's not like being locked into a brand of cigarettes; at least to me it's not.

Art isn't and shouldn't be responsible. If it is, it isn't functioning as art.

You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.