Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.

I think the book is less emotional than the film. With the film, the emotions are much more raw and in front. In the book, they are kind of ironized and seen through comedy.

After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones.

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.

I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too.