Of course I wanted to know. I was a writer. I wanted to know everything.

Of course I wanted to know. I was a writer. I wanted to know everything.

The truth is a bully we all pretend to like

Praising people behind their back is monstrously unfair, because the one thing you can't defend yourself against is the good that people say about you.

The most precious gift you can bring to your lover is your suffering.

A man has to find a good woman, and when he finds her he has to win her love. then he has to earn her respect. then he has to cherish her trust. and then he has to, like, go on doing that for as long as they live. Until they both die. That's what it's all about. That's the most important thing in the world. That's what a man is, Yaar. A man is truly a man when he wins the love of a good woman, earns her respect, and keeps her trust. Until you do that, you're not a man.

The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guides you more wisely than your head. There's nowhere else in the world where that's quite so true.