My books are written from personal experience, from memories, and from stories that come to me from all places.

Real soup is to the body what peace is to the soul.

I'm always following the characters and I'm always interested in what happens to them, but what happens to them is conditioned by the circumstances in which they live.

Give, give, give - what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away? Of having stories if I don't tell them to others? Of having wealth if I don't share it? I don't intend to be cremated with any of it! It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.

We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need the engineers to create the networks, we need every human being to be aware of how precious water is and save it. Everybody has to be involved in a very firm and assertive way.

It's going to go away because we all need silence. We all need time to reflect and think. I am not at all pessimistic about this.