Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

I'm not one of those writers who insist they don't read reviews and don't care much about them. I do read them, and I do care about them, and they're not always what you want them to be in an ideal world.