What has happened in most of my books is the call to the extraordinary world, the hero's push, or that push has come to him.

There are people like me who are not there yet, who are still the eagle flying high right now, still experiencing more in the world and growing as a result of that - and that is my journey.

There is a role for growth and experiencing the world, and pushing the boundaries of that, and then there is a time to bring it within. All people are at different stages of that journey.

I think nothing, at an objective level, is either right or wrong.

When I started, these [yoga] were very functional practices, as I said, productive to lose weight, or whatever, and now it has become a very spiritual kind of practice.

In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and went to business school. I never knew I could write fiction of any form.

The first novel that I wrote was because I was having very interesting sorts of experiences, for Indians of my generation.

What I'm trying to do right now is truly answer my most deepest most unarticulated questions for myself through my writing in some form.

I think his karma became to serve in nature and not to serve in the world, while I think my karma is to be in the world.

I don't think of the ashram world as being any more spiritual than the corporate world.

What I need to do is to just deepen my well. I'm just experiencing life now.

Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.

If you don't understand my silence, then you won't understand my words.

You have to have passion, go with your gut, go against the tide

Fashion is emotional, and the way women look at it is emotional, so it's very important to try to connect with a woman's idea of how she might feel.

In the history of the United States, there is no continuity at all. You can cut through it anywhere and nothing on this side of the cut has anything to do with anything on the other side.

Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.

I believe in magic, and having a vision. The tough times made me a warrior. I work hard.

I'm the person with the final say on everything. I really love being in that position.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

A pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean