The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.

The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.

Your blasphemy, Salman, can't be forgiven. To set your words against the Words of God.

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

Believe in your own eyes and you'll get into a lot of trouble, hot water, a mess.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

I thought, you know, I would probably not have seen that. On the other hand, he's obviously completely telling the truth. So, then what is that? That's - I wanted to explore that. And then I wanted to talk about how ideas are born. And the big question that the book asks in a number of ways about a number of things is that. How does a new idea come into the world?