I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.

I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are obviously wrong.

Terror is glamour - not only, but also. I am firmly convinced that there's something like a fascination with death among suicide bombers.

If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.

She's no flibberti-gibberti mamzell, but a whir-stir-get-lost-sir bundla dynamite!

Look at history. It's not the account of a species at peace.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.