Liberate yourself, because no one else is going to liberate you

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.

The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask.

Everybody loves 'The Wire,' and I think it's okay, but in the end it's just a police series.

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

You can adhere to your faith, but that faith needs to march in line with the rest of the world and needs to find a way of expressing itself in the modern world.

Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.