The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.

The India I Love, does not make the headlines, but I find it wherever I go - in field or forest, town or village, mountain or desert - and in the hearts and minds of people who have given me love and affection for the better part of my lifetime.

I write a story in my head. I see the story like a movie.

To return to my own trees, I went among them often, acknowledging their presence with a touch of my hand against their trunks.

I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts. Never saw one.

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

There is money to be made in the market place, but under the cherry tree there is rest.