Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.

The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others

Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

I am not into the unrealistic realm of magic realism where birds talk.

I did not go to any creative writing workshop; I did not major in literature. If I can write, anyone can write. All it needs is imagination.

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

They say this war is a cloud over the land! But they make the weather and then they stand in the rain and say, ‘Shit, it’s raining!

Conscience does make cowards of us all.

A boy admiring a pretty girl. A rare thing to be certain. But love-true love-is something else.

The other day I broke 70. That's a lot of clubs.

The best scientists that I've met are those that are humanists and scientists at the same time.

I'm almost back to being able to write as much as six hours a day .

Man is a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.

It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.

A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion.

Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.'