Well, Id say all of us are a combination of moods and emotions. In my day to day life I dont go around skipping, but at times one can feel sheer exhilarating joy at the world.

It would be wonderful to have a guru; it would be like having a social worker or a personal trainer, not that people who had either of these necessarily appreciated the advice they received.

I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.

I have always taken the view that one should never hold against a man anything he says after twelve o'clock at night or after a glass or two of anything.

I'm very interested in tea. I wouldn't mind being involved in some aspect of the tea industry.

We should be careful of the insults we fling at others, lest they return and land at our feet, newly minted to apply to those who had first coined them.

I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.